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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 April 16   
      
                                    Orion Pines   
         Image Credit & Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado (Starry Earth, TWAN)   
      
      Explanation: Taken with a camera fixed to a tripod, many short   
      exposures were aligned with the stars to unveil this beautiful, dark   
      night sky. Captured near the rural village of Albany`a at the   
      northeastern corner of Spain, the three stars of Orion's belt stretch   
      across top center in the starry frame. Alnitak, the easternmost (left)   
      of the belt stars is seen next to the more diffuse glow of the Flame   
      Nebula and the dark notch of the famous Horsehead. Easily visible to   
      the naked-eye The Great Nebula of Orion is below the belt stars. A mere   
      1,500 light-years distant, it is the closest large stellar nursery to   
      our fair planet. Best seen in photographs, the broad and faint arc of   
      Barnard's Loop seems to embrace Orion's brighter stars and nebulae   
      though. In the northern spring the familiar northern winter   
      constellation is setting. Near the western horizon toward lower right   
      Orion's apparently bright blue supergiant Rigel just touches the   
      branches of a pine tree.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: Endeavour in Orbit   
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