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APOD: 2009 July 15 - The Chameleon s Dark Nebulae

apod.nasa.gov — A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

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  • anonymous1986, on 07/15/2009, -1/+2This is the best APOD ever! However, sources inside NASA tell me that the next one will be better.
  • Bactame, on 07/17/2009, -0/+1Interesting that so many of the dimmer stars appear to lie along mostly straight lines and arcs. This implies that they are at a constant distance from us.and not all that far away.
  • k7jeb, on 07/15/2009, -1/+1I think the dust clouds are in a densely populated part of the Milky Way and are being illuminated by nearby stars. The 'silvery' color is due to this light being a single reflection from the dust rather than the multiple, bluish reflections common with reflection nebulae. However, if one cranks up the chrominance gain (saturation) on the image, the clouds are seen to possess a slight bluish tint.
  • Fuzzycop, on 07/15/2009, -1/+1It's a Rorschach Test.
  • biddie67, on 07/15/2009, -1/+1Startling to see silvery dust clouds when we usually see only dark dust clouds.

    What is between the camera's eye and those dust clouds that would light the dust clouds up like that?

    Is this a view through a dense part of the Milky Way Galaxy?

    I wish the authors of the APOD (for all their efforts to keep this webpage going) could give some simple, more informative descriptions instead of some of the tricky word play that they come up with ....
  • NibiruWantsU, on 07/15/2009, -1/+1the word ( BILLIONS ) comes to mind
  • nepidae, on 07/15/2009, -3/+1This is the best xkcd ever.

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