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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 August 29   
      
                              Star Factory Messier 17   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Gaetan Maxant   
      
      Explanation: A nearby star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500   
      light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. At that   
      distance, this 1.5 degree wide field-of-view would span about 150   
      light-years. In the sharp color composite image faint details of the   
      region's gas and dust clouds are highlighted with narrowband image data   
      against a backdrop of central Milky Way stars. The stellar winds and   
      energetic radiation from hot, massive stars already formed from M17's   
      stock of cosmic gas and dust have slowly carved away at the remaining   
      interstellar material, producing the nebula's cavernous appearance and   
      the undulating shapes within. A popular stop on telescopic tours of the   
      cosmos, M17 is also known as the Omega or the Swan Nebula.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: southern moonscape   
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