The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula. IC 1396, Young Star Cluster 3,000 light-years away in Cepheus (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭⭐️

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this is what was seen on my birthday

1st one is from the hubble telescope the second is from apod

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Clouds of the Carina Nebula NGC 3372. Hydrogen Green, Sulfur Red, Oxygen Blue (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭⭐️

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Our Galaxy’s interstellar Magnetism, from Planck, is strongest in the central disk (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭⭐️

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NASA’s Astronomy Pic of the Day : The Lively Center of the Lagoon Nebula RT

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Somehow, despite it being featured on APOD 4 days ago, I was today years old when I learned that:

1) There's a nebula called the Running Chicken Nebula

2) It contains things called...

...wait for it...

...Bok globules.

The Running Chicken Nebula Boks.

Happy Friday, folks.

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IC 2944 : The Running Chicken Nebula 6,000 light-years away toward Centaurus (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭⭐️

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Have a widescreen monitor? Go ahead and make your background image today's APOD and thank me later. Absolutely mesmerizing.

"Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth"

https://t.co/ANIFjP2l5s

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Saturn
NASA, ESA, JPL, ISS, Cassini Imaging Team; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

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Orion Nebula M42 from WISE Observatory. Center : Trapezium Star Cluster. Dust filaments (apod.nasa.Archive)🚀🔭⭐️

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APOD: 2020 March 12 - Falcon 9 Boostback ↳
https://t.co/fYaXcthFSN

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672 toward the Constellation of the Dorado 60 million light-years away (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭⭐️

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Dance of Galaxies NGC 5394 & 5395 whirling about each other in a gravitational interaction (apod.nasa.Archive) 🔭⭐️

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Central Centaurus A (NGC 5128) Closest Galaxy to planet Earth, 11 million light-years away (apod.nasa) 🚀🔭🌟

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APOD: Cosmic Clouds and the Cone Nebula in the Unicorn (Constellation of the Monoceros)

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Galaxy NGC 2403 in Camelopardalis, 10 Million Light-years away- 50,000 light-years across (apod.nasa.Archive)🚀🔭🌟

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Center of M106 Spiral Galaxy 23,5 million light-years away : Glowing Gas falling into a Black Hole (apod.nasa)🌟🔭

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Star Cluster NGC 2024 in the Center of the Flame Nebula 14000 light-years away (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭🌟

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A Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a ChristmasTree. Star Forming Region NGC 2264.
2,700 light-years away (apod.nasa) 🚀🔭🌟

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The Center of the Milky Way Galaxy taken by by the Spitzer Space Telescope (apod.nasa.Archive) 🚀🔭🌟

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