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                              2022 November 14

                         NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Ioan Popa

   Explanation: What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula?
   Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and stellar winds and
   radiations powerful enough to create and dissolve towers of gas.
   Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula, featured here,
   surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the
   interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to
   some like a fictional medieval sorcerer. The active star forming region
   spans 100 about light years, making it appear larger than the angular
   extent of the Moon. The Wizard Nebula can be located with a small
   telescope toward the constellation of the King of Aethiopia (Cepheus).
   Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the
   stars being formed may outlive our Sun.

                     Tomorrow's picture: in wolf's cave
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