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- July 10, 2025
Explanation
Let us talk about the explanation of this picture, like if you look in the upper sky and see a group of stars that are as big as the full moon, that is the Pleiades (M45). Perhaps it is the most famous star cluster in the sky. These are the brightest stars that can be seen even in light-polluted cities.
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What makes it even cooler?
What makes a nebula cool is that this nebula is a stellar nursery, such that we cannot see directly what is going on inside it, but we know that new stars are forming inside it.
It hides those baby stars quite deep and creates a thick layer of dust clouds on its inside and outside sides so that those stars can be hidden.
As the stars are glowing, they start shining even more, just like you can see Lynds dark nebula 1251, inside its dust, there are some stars which are glowing more, and some which are glowing less.
It appears as if we are looking at the womb of the universe, which is silent, dark, and completely hides its life inside it.
MarsyFact of the Day
Did you know?
Today, we are going to share with you a fascinating and eerie fact about Lynd’s dark nebula 1251, which is one such mysterious object in deep space.
Lynd’s dark nebula 1251 is a space version of cosmic shadows, as you can see in the picture, which is a dust-like cloud located in the Cepheus constellation.
Lynd’s dark nebula 1251 is part of a molecular cloud complex that exists at a distance of 1000 light years from us.
It is very dense with cosmic dust, which completely blocks the light of any star like a dark veil inside a galaxy.
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