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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   
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                                   2024 April 24   
      A blue star is seen in the center of a red nebula itself surrounded by   
         a faint blue nebula. The surrounding starfield itself has a faint   
      red-brown emission clouds. Please see the explanation for more detailed   
                                   information.   
      
                       Dragon's Egg Bipolar Emission Nebula   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Rowan Prangley   
      
      Explanation: How did a star form this beautiful nebula? In the middle   
      of emission nebula NGC 6164 is an unusually massive star. The central   
      star has been compared to an oyster's pearl and an egg protected by the   
      mythical sky dragons of Ara. The star, visible in the center of the   
      featured image and catalogued as HD 148937, is so hot that the   
      ultraviolet light it emits heats up gas that surrounds it. That gas was   
      likely thrown off from the star previously, possibly the result of a   
      gravitational interaction with a looping stellar companion. Expelled   
      material might have been channeled by the magnetic field of the massive   
      star, in all creating the symmetric shape of the bipolar nebula. NGC   
      6164 spans about four light years and is located about 3,600 light   
      years away toward the southern constellation Norma.   
      
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