Astronomy Picture of the Day

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      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
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                               2024 December 2
    [2]A classic spiral galaxy is shown with blue spiral arms. The center
    is yellow-red. Many star clusters are easily visible. Please see the
                 explanation for more detailed information.

                         NGC 300: A Galaxy of Stars
                  Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Daniel Stern

   Explanation: This galaxy is unusual for how many stars it seems that
   you can see. [4]Stars are so abundantly evident in this deep exposure
   of the spiral galaxy NGC 300 because so many of these stars are
   [5]bright blue and grouped into resolvable bright star clusters.
   Additionally, [6]NGC 300 is so clear because it is one of the closest
   [7]spiral galaxies to Earth, as light takes only about 6 million years
   to get here. Of course, galaxies are composed of many more [8]faint
   stars than bright, and even more of a galaxy's mass is attributed to
   unseen [9]dark matter. [10]NGC 300 spans nearly the same amount of sky
   as the [11]full moon and is visible with a small telescope toward the
   southern constellation of the [12]Sculptor. The [13]featured image was
   captured in October from [14]Rio Hurtado, [15]Chile and is a
   [16]composite of over 20 hours of exposure.

                    Tomorrow's picture: red planet blues
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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2412/Ngc300_Stern_7032.jpg
   3. https://www.instagram.com/messierchaser/
   4. https://science.nasa.gov/universe/stars/
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221205.html
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_300
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_galaxy
   8. https://www.reddit.com/r/askastronomy/comments/1g8ftr0/from_the_perspective_of_other_stars_in_the_milky/
   9. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/dark-matter/
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020821.html
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240915.html
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptor_(constellation)
  13. https://www.instagram.com/p/DChWdQOOQzR/
  14. https://youtu.be/a5jUyVPIDAk
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile
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