                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                  2019 June 6
                                      [2]
                           The Planet and the Pipe
      Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Alain Maury [4] , Jean-Marc Mari [5]

Explanation: Now posing against our galaxy's rich starfields and nebulae,
brilliant planet Jupiter [6] shines in the night sky [7] . Its almost
overwhelming glow is near the top of the frame in this colorful telephoto
portrait of the central Milky Way. Spanning about 20 degrees on the sky, the
scene includes the silhouette of LDN 1773 against the starlight, also know by
the popular moniker the Pipe Nebula [8]  for its apparent outline of stem and
bowl. The Pipe Nebula is part of the galaxy's Ophiuchus dark cloud complex.
Located at a distance of about 450 light-years, dense cores of gas and dust
within are collapsing to form stars. Approaching its opposition, opposite the
Sun in the sky on June 12 [9] , Jupiter is only about 36 light-minutes from
planet Earth. Fans of dark markings on the sky can probably spot the Snake
Nebula [10] below and left of Jupiter's glare.

                       Tomorrow's picture: on the beach

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