Posted on Apr 12, 2022
APOD: 2022 April 12 - N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the April 12th Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "N11: Star Clouds of the LMC." The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is located in the southern constellation of Dorado (The Dolphin). If you live on the southern tip of the Big Island of Hawai'i, you'll be able to check out N11 in person. But the rest of us will have to be satisfied with today's APOD.
The data in this image were identified by Josh Lake, an astronomy teacher at Pomfret School in Connecticut, USA, and won first place in the 2013 Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition. His image contrasting the light from glowing hydrogen and nitrogen in N11 combines the data he identified with additional exposures taken in blue, green and near infrared light. It looks like something you'd read about in a Dune novel.
The data in this image were identified by Josh Lake, an astronomy teacher at Pomfret School in Connecticut, USA, and won first place in the 2013 Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition. His image contrasting the light from glowing hydrogen and nitrogen in N11 combines the data he identified with additional exposures taken in blue, green and near infrared light. It looks like something you'd read about in a Dune novel.
APOD: 2022 April 12 - N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
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Maj William W. 'Bill' Price good morning my friend, and good to see you on the RP net April 12, 2022 . I have said it many times before, yet I will say it again, "nobody does it better from above". Thank you for sharing Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "N11: Star Clouds of the LMC."
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the April 12th Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD); N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
Image: N11: Star Clouds of the LMC - Image Credit - NASA, ESA; Processing - Josh Lake
APOD Explanation: Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. Known as N11, the region is visible on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the Milky Way neighbor known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The featured image was taken for scientific purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry. Although the section imaged above is known as NGC 1763, the entire N11 emission nebula is second in LMC size only to the Tarantula Nebula. Compact globules of dark dust housing emerging young stars are also visible around the image. A recent study of variable stars in the LMC with Hubble has helped to recalibrate the distance scale of the observable universe, but resulted in a slightly different scale than found using the pervasive cosmic microwave background.
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Pyramaxx - Magellanic Clouds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xv4sf_WIqk
Image: N11: Star Clouds of the LMC - Image Credit - NASA, ESA; Processing - Josh Lake
APOD Explanation: Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. Known as N11, the region is visible on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the Milky Way neighbor known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The featured image was taken for scientific purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry. Although the section imaged above is known as NGC 1763, the entire N11 emission nebula is second in LMC size only to the Tarantula Nebula. Compact globules of dark dust housing emerging young stars are also visible around the image. A recent study of variable stars in the LMC with Hubble has helped to recalibrate the distance scale of the observable universe, but resulted in a slightly different scale than found using the pervasive cosmic microwave background.
FYI SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Michael Terrell CPL Douglas Chrysler PO3 Edward Riddle MSgt Gloria Vance SSG Michael Noll SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D CSM Charles Hayden GySgt Jack Wallace1SG Dan Capri CSM Bob Stanek SGM Bill Frazer SGM Major Stroupe SGT Mark Anderson 1SG Joseph DarteySPC Lyle Montgomery MAJ Bob Miyagishima
Pyramaxx - Magellanic Clouds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xv4sf_WIqk
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