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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 October 20   
      
                                Pillars of Creation   
               Image Credit: Science - NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NIRCam   
        Processing - Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI),   
                               Alyssa Pagan (STScI)   
      
      Explanation: A now famous picture from the Hubble Space Telescope   
      featured these star forming columns of cold gas and dust light-years   
      long inside M16, the Eagle Nebula, dubbed the Pillars of Creation. This   
      James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam image expands Hubble's exploration of   
      that region in greater detail and depth inside the iconic stellar   
      nursery. Particularly stunning in Webb's near infrared view is the   
      telltale reddish emission from knots of material undergoing   
      gravitational collapse to form stars within the natal clouds. The Eagle   
      Nebula is some 6,500 light-years distant. The larger bright emission   
      nebula is itself an easy target for binoculars or small telescopes. M16   
      lies along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy in a nebula rich part of   
      the sky, toward the split constellation Serpens Cauda (the tail of the   
      snake).   
      
                  Tomorrow's picture: andromeda in southern skies   
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