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                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]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.

                                 2020 May 5
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                            Carina in Perspective
             Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Carlos Kiko Fairbairn

   Explanation: You need to be in the south, looking south, to see such a
   sky. And only then if you're lucky. Just above the picturesque tree is
   the impressive [4]Carina Nebula, one of the few nebulas in the sky that
   is visible to the unaided eye. The featured image had to be taken from
   a very dark location to capture the [5]Carina Nebula with such
   perspective and so near the horizon. The [6]Great Nebula in Carina,
   cataloged as NGC 3372, is home to the wildly variable star [7]Eta
   Carinae that sometimes flares to become one of the brightest [8]stars
   in the sky. Above Carina is [9]IC 2944, the [10]Running Chicken Nebula,
   a nebula that not only looks like a chicken, but contains
   [11]impressive dark knots of dust. Above [12]these red-glowing
   [13]emission nebulas are the bright stars of the [14]Southern Cross,
   while on the upper left of the image is the dark [15]Coalsack Nebula.
   This image was composed from six consecutive exposures taken last
   summer from [16]Padre Bernardo, [17]Goiás, [18]Brazil. Even with
   careful planning, [19]the astrophotographer felt lucky to get this shot
   because clouds -- some still visible near the horizon -- kept
   [20]getting in the way.

                Almost Hyperspace: [21]Random APOD Generator
                      Tomorrow's picture: star parabola
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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2005/CarinaPerspective_Fairbairn_1160.jpg
   3. https://www.instagram.com/kikofairbairn/
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula
   5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28BybE1Le14
   6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190507.html
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190220.html
   8. https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/how-do-stars-form-and-evolve
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_2944
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200420.html
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  13. https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/E/Emission+Nebula
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crux
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalsack_Nebula
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padre_Bernardo
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A1s
  18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil
  19. https://youtu.be/jlLYWGgxFYk
  20. https://dogcatselfie.com/content/uploads/images/April2018/30728014_771302106392915_614070389345091584_n.jpg
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