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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.   
      
                                  2023 October 30   
         A dark starfield is shown with several brown nebulas. Many of the   
       nebulas appear to have unusual shapes, with one possibly resembling a   
       bat, while other may resemble people. Please see the explanation for   
                            more detailed information.   
      
                          Reflections of the Ghost Nebula   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Bogdan Jarzyna   
      
      Explanation: Do any shapes seem to jump out at you from this   
      interstellar field of stars and dust? The jeweled expanse, filled with   
      faint, starlight-reflecting clouds, drifts through the night in the   
      royal constellation of Cepheus. Far from your own neighborhood on   
      planet Earth, these ghostly apparitions lurk along the plane of the   
      Milky Way at the edge of the Cepheus Flare molecular cloud complex some   
      1,200 light-years away. Over two light-years across and brighter than   
      the other spooky chimeras, VdB 141 or Sh2-136 is also known as the   
      Ghost Nebula, seen toward the bottom of the featured image. Within the   
      reflection nebula are the telltale signs of dense cores collapsing in   
      the early stages of star formation.   
      
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