APOD: 2020 October 14 - The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price good day my friend, I have said it many times over, rest assured: :nobody does it better from above.: Thanks for sharing Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi. Fascinating and inquisitive of the possibilities of the unknown my friend. Be blessed and stay safe!!-Joe

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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for passing the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Wednesday, October 14, 2020 entitled "The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi."

Image: The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi - Image Credit & Copyright - Amir H. Abolfath

This is a wonderful image and accompanying explanation "Blue light from the Rho Ophiuchi star system and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light. The Earth's daytime sky appears blue for the same reason. The red and yellow regions shine primarily because of emission from the nebula's atomic and molecular gas."

I hope and pray that each of you are enjoying a wonderful Wednesday night and will awake healthy on Thursday morning.

APOD Background
"Explanation: The many spectacular colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) clouds highlight the many processes that occur there. The blue regions shine primarily by reflected light. Blue light from the Rho Ophiuchi star system and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light. The Earth's daytime sky appears blue for the same reason. The red and yellow regions shine primarily because of emission from the nebula's atomic and molecular gas. Light from nearby blue stars - more energetic than the bright star Antares - knocks electrons away from the gas, which then shines when the electrons recombine with the gas. The dark brown regions are caused by dust grains - born in young stellar atmospheres - which effectively block light emitted behind them. The Rho Ophiuchi star clouds, well in front of the globular cluster M4 visible here on the upper right, are even more colorful than humans can see - the clouds emits light in every wavelength band from the radio to the gamma-ray.

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