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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 July 7   
      
                               The NGC 6914 Complex   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgio Ferrari   
      
      Explanation: A study in contrasts, this colorful skyscape features   
      stars, dust, and glowing gas in the vicinity of NGC 6914. The   
      interstellar complex of nebulae lies some 6,000 light-years away,   
      toward the high-flying northern constellation Cygnus and the plane of   
      our Milky Way Galaxy. Obscuring interstellar dust clouds appear in   
      silhouette while reddish hydrogen emission nebulae, along with the   
      dusty blue reflection nebulae, fill the cosmic canvas. Ultraviolet   
      radiation from the massive, hot, young stars of the extensive Cygnus   
      OB2 association ionize the region's atomic hydrogen gas, producing the   
      characteristic red glow as protons and electrons recombine. Embedded   
      Cygnus OB2 stars also provide the blue starlight strongly reflected by   
      the dust clouds. The over 1 degree wide telescopic field of view spans   
      about 100 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 6914.   
      
                          Tomorrow's picture: star treels   
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