Astronomy Picture of the Day

what an absolutely awesome image of M27...and to go along with that, I found a superb 2-minute clip showing M27 in all of its glory through the use of different camera filters, which pick up the many different faces of M27 (Not a Comet)! I believe your followers will enjoy the add in to your glorious APOD!

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That is a really colorful shot today. Morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, August 29, 2019 entitled "M27: Not a Comet."
Image: M27 - Not a Comet - Image Credit & Copyright - Bob Franke
"Explanation: While hunting for comets in the skies above 18th century France, astronomer Charles Messier diligently kept a list of the things he encountered that were definitely not comets. This is number 27 on his now famous not-a-comet list. In fact, 21st century astronomers would identify it as a planetary nebula, but it's not a planet either, even though it may appear round and planet-like in a small telescope. Messier 27 (M27) is an excellent example of a gaseous emission nebula created as a sun-like star runs out of nuclear fuel in its core. The nebula forms as the star's outer layers are expelled into space, with a visible glow generated by atoms excited by the dying star's intense but invisible ultraviolet light. Known by the popular name of the Dumbbell Nebula, the beautifully symmetric interstellar gas cloud is over 2.5 light-years across and about 1,200 light-years away in the constellation Vulpecula. This impressive color composite highlights details within the well-studied central region and fainter, seldom imaged features in the nebula's outer halo. It incorporates broad and narrowband images recorded using filters sensitive to emission from hydrogen and oxygen atoms."
Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me.
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