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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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                                  2024 January 10   
      
                        The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: G+íbor Galambos   
      
      Explanation: This colorful skyscape spans about three full moons across   
      nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward   
      the royal northern constellation Cepheus. Near the edge of the region's   
      massive molecular cloud some 2,400 light-years away, bright reddish   
      emission region Sharpless (Sh)2-155 is at the center of the frame, also   
      known as the Cave Nebula. About 10 light-years across the cosmic cave's   
      bright walls of gas are ionized by ultraviolet light from the hot young   
      stars around it. Dusty bluish reflection nebulae, like vdB 155 at the   
      left, and dense obscuring clouds of dust also abound on the   
      interstellar canvas. Astronomical explorations have revealed other   
      dramatic signs of star formation, including the bright reddish fleck of   
      Herbig-Haro (HH) 168. At the upper left in the frame, the Herbig-Haro   
      object emission is generated by energetic jets from a newborn star.   
      
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