Posted on Sep 24, 2024
APOD: 2024 September 24 – NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula
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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the September 24th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). The Baboon Nebula is located about 500 light years away in the constellation Corona Australis (Southern Crown). The constellation is bounded to the west by the more familiar forms of Sagittarius (The Archer) and Scorpius (The Scorpion). We can still see it in the Northern Hemisphere until around 9PM, but it may be viewed longer from the Southern Hemisphere. As you look at Scorpius, the Southern Crown is just to the left of the scorpion's tail.
The baboon's eyes are blue reflection nebulas separately cataloged as NGC 6726, 6729, and IC 4812, and the red nostrils and mouth glow with light emitted by ionized hydrogen gas. Just to the upper left of the baboon's head is NGC 6723, a globular cluster of stars nearly 30,000 light years further away.
The baboon's eyes are blue reflection nebulas separately cataloged as NGC 6726, 6729, and IC 4812, and the red nostrils and mouth glow with light emitted by ionized hydrogen gas. Just to the upper left of the baboon's head is NGC 6723, a globular cluster of stars nearly 30,000 light years further away.
APOD: 2024 September 24 – NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend and brother-in-Christ Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the Wednesday, September 24, 2o24 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula
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Image: apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2409/Baboon_ZhangYu_960.jpg
Image Credit & Copyright: Alpha Zhang & Ting Yu
Explanation: This dusty region is forming stars. Part of a sprawling molecular cloud complex that resembles, to some, a rampaging baboon, the region is a relatively close by 500 light-years away toward the constellation Corona Australis. That's about one third the distance of the more famous stellar nursery known as the Orion Nebula. Mixed with bright nebulosities, the brown dust clouds effectively block light from more distant background stars in the Milky Way and obscure from view embedded stars still in the process of formation. The eyes of the dust creature in the featured image are actually blue reflection nebulas cataloged as NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, and IC 4812, while the red mouth glows with light emitted by hydrogen gas. Just to the upper left of the baboon's head is NGC 6723, a whole globular cluster of stars nearly 30,000 light years in the distance.
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I tried to copy and paste the image; but RallyPoint would not let me.
Image: apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2409/Baboon_ZhangYu_960.jpg
Image Credit & Copyright: Alpha Zhang & Ting Yu
Explanation: This dusty region is forming stars. Part of a sprawling molecular cloud complex that resembles, to some, a rampaging baboon, the region is a relatively close by 500 light-years away toward the constellation Corona Australis. That's about one third the distance of the more famous stellar nursery known as the Orion Nebula. Mixed with bright nebulosities, the brown dust clouds effectively block light from more distant background stars in the Milky Way and obscure from view embedded stars still in the process of formation. The eyes of the dust creature in the featured image are actually blue reflection nebulas cataloged as NGC 6726, 6727, 6729, and IC 4812, while the red mouth glows with light emitted by hydrogen gas. Just to the upper left of the baboon's head is NGC 6723, a whole globular cluster of stars nearly 30,000 light years in the distance.
The Kinks - Apeman 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEep67akIn4
FYI SGT Jim Arnold SPC Woody Bullard LTC Trent Klug SSG Jeffrey Leake MSgt Dale Johnson COL Randall C. PO1 Howard Barnes SSG Franklin Briant CPL Douglas Chrysler CPL Douglas Chrysler SFC William Farrell 1SG Joseph Dartey Lt Col John (Jack) ChristensenSGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. CPT (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGM Major Stroupe
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The Kinks - Apeman 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEep67akIn4
FYI SSG Jeffrey Leake COL Randall C. PO1 Howard Barnes SSG Franklin Briant CPL Douglas Chrysler CPL Douglas Chrysler SFC William Farrell 1SG Joseph Dartey Lt Col John (Jack) ChristensenSSG Pete Fleming SGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. CPT (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll MSgt James Parker CMSgt (Join to see) Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGM Major Stroupe SPC Woody Bullard LTC Trent Klug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEep67akIn4
FYI SSG Jeffrey Leake COL Randall C. PO1 Howard Barnes SSG Franklin Briant CPL Douglas Chrysler CPL Douglas Chrysler SFC William Farrell 1SG Joseph Dartey Lt Col John (Jack) ChristensenSSG Pete Fleming SGT Mary G. SGT Tiffanie G. CPT (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll MSgt James Parker CMSgt (Join to see) Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGM Major Stroupe SPC Woody Bullard LTC Trent Klug
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LTC Stephen F. Love it! One of the songs I sing when my kids can't handle the old man.
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Amazing what your mind and imagination can picture when looking at things like that and at clouds in the sky. Those Nebulas definitely bring an image of a Baboon to me.
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