Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                              2020 November 26
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                           The Great Turkey Nebula
              Imagination Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Eric Coles

   Explanation: Surprisingly reminiscent of The Great Nebula in Orion, The
   Great Turkey Nebula spans this creative field of view. [5]Of course if
   it were the Orion Nebula it would be our closest large stellar nursery,
   found at the edge of a large molecular cloud a mere 1,500 light-years
   away. [6]Also known as M42, the Orion Nebula is visible to the eye as
   the middle "star" in the sword of Orion the Hunter, a constellation now
   rising in planet Earth's [7]evening skies. Stellar winds from clusters
   of newborn stars scattered throughout [8]the Orion Nebula sculpt its
   ridges and cavities seen in familiar in telescopic images. Similar in
   size to the Orion Nebula, this Great Turkey Nebula was imagined to be
   about 13 light-years across. Stay safe and well.

               Tomorrow's picture: painted with a starry brush
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   8. http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1692-ssc2006-21a1-Multiwavelength-Orion-Nebula
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