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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 June 18   
      
                              The Gamma Cygni Nebula   
       Image Credit & Copyright: Min Xie, Chen Wu, Yizhou Zhang, and Benchu   
                                       Tang   
      
      Explanation: Supergiant star Gamma Cygni is at the center of the   
      Northern Cross. Near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, that famous   
      asterism flies high in northern summer night skies in the constellation   
      Cygnus the Swan. Known by the proper name Sadr, Gamma Cygni also lies   
      just below center in this telescopic skyscape, with colors mapped from   
      both broadband and narrowband image data. The field of view spans about   
      3 degrees (six Full Moons) on the sky and includes emission nebula IC   
      1318 and open star cluster NGC 6910. Filling the upper part of the   
      frame and shaped like two glowing cosmic wings divided by a long dark   
      dust lane, IC 1318's popular name is understandably the Butterfly   
      Nebula. Right of Gamma Cygni, are the young, still tightly grouped   
      stars of NGC 6910. The distance to Gamma Cygni is around 560 parsecs or   
      1,800 light-years. Estimates for IC 1318 and NGC 6910 range from 2,000   
      to 5,000 light-years.   
      
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