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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2025 August 28   
      
                             Galaxies, Stars, and Dust   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder   
      
      Explanation: This well-composed telescopic field of view covers over a   
      Full Moon on the sky toward the high-flying constellation Pegasus. Of   
      course the brighter stars show diffraction spikes, the commonly seen   
      effect of internal supports in reflecting telescopes, and lie well   
      within our own Milky Way galaxy. The faint but pervasive clouds of   
      interstellar dust ride above the galactic plane and dimly reflect the   
      Milky Way's starlight. Known as galactic cirrus or integrated flux   
      nebulae they are associated with the Milky Way's molecular clouds. In   
      fact, the diffuse cloud cataloged as MBM 54, less than a thousand   
      light-years distant, fills the scene. The galaxy seemingly tangled in   
      the dusty cloud is the striking spiral galaxy NGC 7497. It's some 60   
      million light-years away, though. Seen almost edge-on near the center   
      of the field, NGC 7497's own spiral arms and dust lanes echo the colors   
      of stars and dust in our own Milky Way.   
      
                          Tomorrow's picture: a dark veil   
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