APOD: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula (2024 Sep 24)

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APOD: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula (2024 Sep 24)

Post by APOD Robot » Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:05 am

Image NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula

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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Re: APOD: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula (2024 Sep 24)

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Re: APOD: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula (2024 Sep 24)

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Re: APOD: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula (2024 Sep 24)

Post by Ann » Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:30 am

AVAO wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 5:08 am
AVAO wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 5:02 am
Woow. Great APOD! Congratulation!


The Radio Baboon :roll:
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Wow! Great images as always, Jac! :D

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Re: APOD: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula (2024 Sep 24)

Post by Christian G. » Tue Sep 24, 2024 11:52 am

Nice area!
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Re: APOD: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula (2024 Sep 24)

Post by Cousin Ricky » Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:04 pm

With the colors, this looks more like a mandrill than a baboon.

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Re: APOD: NGC 6727: The Rampaging Baboon Nebula (2024 Sep 24)

Post by equiprx » Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:49 pm

I was going to say the same thing.