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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 November 8   
      
                            Helping Hand in Cassiopeia   
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Francesco Radici   
      
      Explanation: Drifting near the plane of our Milky Way galaxy these   
      dusty molecular clouds seem to extend a helping hand on a cosmic scale.   
      Part of a local complex of star-forming interstellar clouds they   
      include LDN 1358, 1357, and 1355 from American astronomer Beverly   
      Lynds' 1962 Catalog of Dark Nebulae. Presenting a challenging target   
      for astro-imagers, the obscuring dark nebulae are nearly 3,000   
      light-years away, toward rich starfields in the northern constellation   
      Cassiopeia. At that distance, this deep, telescopic field of view would   
      span about 80 light-years.   
      
                         Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend   
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