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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2022 March 7   
      
                                  A Lion in Orion   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Maroun Mahfoud   
      
      Explanation: Yes, but can you see the lion? A deep exposure shows the   
      famous dark indentation that looks like a horse's head, visible just   
      left and below center, and known unsurprisingly as the Horsehead   
      Nebula. The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) is part of a vast complex of   
      dark absorbing dust and bright glowing gas. To bring out details of the   
      Horsehead's pasture, an astrophotographer artistically combined light   
      accumulated for over 20 hours in hydrogen (orange), oxygen (blue), and   
      sulfur (green). The resulting spectacular picture captured from   
      Raachine, Lebanon, details an intricate tapestry of gaseous wisps and   
      dust-laden filaments that were created and sculpted over eons by   
      stellar winds and ancient supernovas. The featured composition brings   
      up another pareidolic animal icon -- that of a lion's head -- in the   
      expansive orange colored gas above the horse's head. The Flame Nebula   
      is visible just to the left of the Horsehead. The Horsehead Nebula lies   
      1,500 light years distant towards the constellation of Orion.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: oddly inverted moon   
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