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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2022 October 29   
      
                          LDN 673: Dark Clouds in Aquila   
         Image Credit & Copyright: Frank Sackenheim, Josef Poepsel, Stefan   
                       Binnewies (Capella Observatory Team)   
      
      Explanation: Part of a dark expanse that splits the crowded plane of   
      our Milky Way galaxy, the Aquila Rift arcs through planet Earth's skies   
      near bright star Altair. In eerie silhouette against the Milky Way's   
      faint starlight, its dusty molecular clouds likely contain raw material   
      to form hundreds of thousands of stars and astronomers search the dark   
      clouds for telltale signs of star birth. This telescopic close-up looks   
      toward the region at a fragmented Aquila dark cloud complex identified   
      as LDN 673, stretching across a field of view slightly wider than the   
      full moon. In the scene, visible indications of energetic outflows   
      associated with young stars include the small red tinted nebulosity RNO   
      109 above and right of center, and Herbig-Haro object HH32 below. These   
      dark clouds might look scary, but they're estimated to be some 600   
      light-years away. At that distance, this field of view spans about 7   
      light-years.   
      
                    Tomorrow's picture: a dark and spooky night   
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