Monday, May 28, 2012

APOD 4.6

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This image shows the Herschel Space Observatory's view of Cygnus X. Captured using infrared imaging, this image spans 6x2 degrees across the massive stellar nursery. Indeed, Cygnus X constitutes one of the closest, most massive star forming regions in our plane of the Milky Way.

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