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Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder
Explanation:
This well-composed telescopic
field of view covers over a Full Moon on the
sky toward the high-flying constellation Pegasus.
Of course the brighter stars show
diffraction spikes, the commonly
seen effect of internal
supports
in reflecting telescopes, and lie well within our own
Milky
Way galaxy.
The faint but pervasive clouds of interstellar dust
ride above the
galactic plane
and dimly reflect the Milky Way's starlight.
Known as galactic cirrus or integrated flux nebulae they are
associated with the Milky Way's molecular clouds.
In fact, the diffuse cloud cataloged as
MBM 54,
less than a thousand light-years distant, fills the scene.
The galaxy seemingly tangled
in the dusty cloud is the striking spiral galaxy NGC 7497.
It's some 60 million light-years away, though.
Seen almost edge-on near the center of the field,
NGC 7497's own spiral arms and dust lanes echo
the colors of stars and dust
in our own Milky Way.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: stars - dust - galaxies
Publications with words: stars - dust - galaxies
See also:
- APOD: 2025 August 27 Á WISPIT 2b: Exoplanet Carves Gap in Birth Disk
- APOD: 2025 August 10 Á Zodiacal Road
- APOD: 2025 March 2 Á The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in Light and Sound
- Young Stars, Dark Nebulae
- APOD: 2024 December 31 Á The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753
- APOD: 2024 December 18 Á NGC 660: Polar Ring Galaxy
- APOD: 2024 September 29 Á Seven Dusty Sisters