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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                    2022 June 9   
      
                              Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus   
                   Image Credit & Copyright: Wolfgang Zimmermann   
      
      Explanation: These cosmic clouds of gas and dust drift through rich   
      star fields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the high   
      flying constellation Cygnus. They're too faint to be seen with the   
      unaided eye though, even on a clear, dark night. Image data from a   
      camera and telephoto lens using narrowband filters was used to   
      construct this 10 degree wide field of view. The deep mosaic reveals a   
      region that includes star forming dust clouds seen in silhouette   
      against the characteristic glow of atomic hydrogen and oxygen gas. NGC   
      6888 is the standout emission nebula near the top. Blown by winds from   
      an massive Wolf-Rayet star it's about 25 light-years across and known   
      as the Crescent Nebula. A faint bluish curl just below center in the   
      frame is also the signature of a Wolf-Rayet star. Burning fuel at a   
      prodigious rate and near the end of their stellar lives, both stars   
      will ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova   
      explosion. Toward the right, a massive, young O type star powers the   
      glow of Sh2-101, the Tulip Nebula.   
      
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