Posted on Jun 9, 2022
APOD: 2022 June 9 - Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus
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Good evening, Rallypoint, and welcome to the June 9th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus." You won't be able to see these clouds without some narrowband filters. But once you have O-III (for oxygen) and Hα (for hydrogen) in place, interesting worlds open up before you. Here are the tech notes on today's APOD: Canon EOS 80D camera, Canon EF 135mm telephoto lens, Celestron CGEM mount, and a combined exposure time of over 5 hours for this composite photo. Astrophotography is an art form.
APOD: 2022 June 9 - Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus
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Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues (Legendado)
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the June 09, 2022 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD); Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus; Image Credit Wolfgang Zimmermann
Image: Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus.
APOD Background: These cosmic clouds of gas and dust drift through rich star fields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the high flying constellation Cygnus. They're too faint to be seen with the unaided eye though, even on a clear, dark night. Image data from a camera and telephoto lens using narrowband filters was used to construct this 10 degree wide field of view. The deep mosaic reveals a region that includes star forming dust clouds seen in silhouette against the characteristic glow of atomic hydrogen and oxygen gas. NGC 6888 is the standout emission nebula near the top. Blown by winds from an massive Wolf-Rayet star it's about 25 light-years across and known as the Crescent Nebula. A faint bluish curl just below center in the frame is also the signature of a Wolf-Rayet star. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of their stellar lives, both stars will ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Toward the right, a massive, young O type star powers the glow of Sh2-101, the Tulip Nebula."
Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues (Legendado)
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Image: Cosmic Clouds in Cygnus.
APOD Background: These cosmic clouds of gas and dust drift through rich star fields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy toward the high flying constellation Cygnus. They're too faint to be seen with the unaided eye though, even on a clear, dark night. Image data from a camera and telephoto lens using narrowband filters was used to construct this 10 degree wide field of view. The deep mosaic reveals a region that includes star forming dust clouds seen in silhouette against the characteristic glow of atomic hydrogen and oxygen gas. NGC 6888 is the standout emission nebula near the top. Blown by winds from an massive Wolf-Rayet star it's about 25 light-years across and known as the Crescent Nebula. A faint bluish curl just below center in the frame is also the signature of a Wolf-Rayet star. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of their stellar lives, both stars will ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Toward the right, a massive, young O type star powers the glow of Sh2-101, the Tulip Nebula."
Janis Joplin - Kozmic Blues (Legendado)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H15bQ81fd4
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Image: Cygnus as depicted in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825. Surrounding it are Lacerta, Vulpecula and Lyra.
Constellation background from {[constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/cygnus-constellation/]}
"Cygnus is a prominent constellation in the northern sky. Its name means “the swan” in Latin and it is also known as the Swan constellation.
Cygnus is associated with the myth of Zeus and Leda in Greek mythology. The constellation is easy to find in the sky as it features a well-known asterism known as the Northern Cross. Cygnus was first catalogued the by Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.
Notable objects in the constellation include Cygnus X-1, a famous x-ray source, the bright stars Deneb and Albireo, the yellow dwarf Kepler-22, which hosts the exoplanet Kepler-22b, the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946), and several well-known nebulae: the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146), the Jewel Bug Nebula (NGC 7027), the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070), the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888), Sadr Region (IC 1318) and the Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, 6962, 6979, 6992, and 6995)."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPrWVJNhMoI
Constellation background from {[constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/cygnus-constellation/]}
"Cygnus is a prominent constellation in the northern sky. Its name means “the swan” in Latin and it is also known as the Swan constellation.
Cygnus is associated with the myth of Zeus and Leda in Greek mythology. The constellation is easy to find in the sky as it features a well-known asterism known as the Northern Cross. Cygnus was first catalogued the by Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.
Notable objects in the constellation include Cygnus X-1, a famous x-ray source, the bright stars Deneb and Albireo, the yellow dwarf Kepler-22, which hosts the exoplanet Kepler-22b, the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946), and several well-known nebulae: the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146), the Jewel Bug Nebula (NGC 7027), the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070), the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888), Sadr Region (IC 1318) and the Veil Nebula (NGC 6960, 6962, 6979, 6992, and 6995)."
Cosmic Travellers - Soul
FYI Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Sgt (Join to see) 1SG Joseph Dartey SFC (Join to see) MSG Andrew White MSG Greg KellySMSgt Lawrence McCarter SFC William Farrell SFC (Join to see) SFC Stephen KingSSG Franklin Briant PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Michael Noll PO2 Marco Monsalve Sgt Diane E. SGT Tiffanie G. SPC Woody BullardSPC Maurice EvansPFC Andrew "Tommy" M. CPL Ronald Keyes Jr
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