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                              2023 September 28
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                               The Deep Lagoon
      Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Josep Drudis, [5]Christian Sasse

   Explanation: Ridges of glowing interstellar gas and dark dust clouds
   inhabit the [6]turbulent, cosmic depths of the Lagoon Nebula. Also
   known as M8, The bright star forming region is about 5,000 light-years
   distant. It makes for a popular stop on [7]telescopic tours of the
   constellation Sagittarius toward the center of our Milky Way Galaxy.
   Dominated by the telltale red emission of ionized hydrogen atoms
   recombining with stripped electrons, this [8]deep telescopic view of
   the Lagoon's central reaches is about 40 light-years across. The bright
   hourglass shape [9]near the center of the frame is gas ionized and
   sculpted by energetic radiation and extreme stellar winds from a
   [10]massive young star.

                  Tomorrow's picture: just back from Bennu
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