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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 October 4   
      
                      Star-Forming Eagle Nebula without Stars   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Yannick Akar   
      
      Explanation: The whole thing looks like an eagle. A closer look at the   
      Eagle Nebula's center, however, shows the bright region is actually a   
      window into the center of a larger dark shell of dust. Through this   
      window, a brightly-lit workshop appears where a whole open cluster of   
      stars is being formed. In this cavity tall pillars and round globules   
      of dark dust and cold molecular gas remain where stars are still   
      forming. Paradoxically, it is perhaps easier to appreciate this   
      impressive factory of star formation by seeing it without its stars --   
      which have been digitally removed in the featured image. The Eagle   
      emission nebula, tagged M16, lies about 6500 light years away, spans   
      about 20 light-years, and is visible with binoculars toward the   
      constellation of the Serpent (Serpens). Creating this picture involved   
      over 22 hours of imaging and combining colors emitted specifically by   
      hydrogen (red), and oxygen (blue).   
      
                       Tomorrow's picture: space dart debris   
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