Pic Of The Day 26th April

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Todays pic is another one of those were it's a case of wow when it's first viewed. Another beautiful nebula pic. I don't think there is much else that needs to be said other than enjoy.:)

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M17: A Hubble Close-Up

Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, these fantastic, undulating shapes lie within the stellar nursery known as M17, the Omega Nebula, some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. The lumpy features in the dense cold gas and dust are illuminated by stars off the upper left of the image and may themselves represent sites of future star formation. Colours in the fog of surrounding hotter material indicate M17's chemical make up. The predominately green glow corresponds to abundant hydrogen, with trace sulfur and oxygen atoms contributing red and blue hues. The picture spans about 3 light-years and was released to celebrate the thirteenth year of the Hubble Space Telescope's cosmic voyage of exploration.

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Hester (ASU)

A larger version of the second pic can be found here, this is a 276K Jpeg image.


Previous Pic Of The Day posts

24th Apr 03
22nd Apr 03
19th Apr 03
18th Apr 03
16th Apr 03
14th Apr 03
12th Apr 03
 
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Nice pic - 5* for that.:)

But, could you check the links for 12th and 14th April (they're broken on previous posts as well).

Also could you fix the picture for the 9th April post please.

Ta.:)
 
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