NGC 6914 - The Beating Heart Of Cygnus (LRGB) (Ali Alobaidly)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: HD194708 · HD229265 · LBN 270 · LBN 273 · LBN 274 · LBN 280 · LBN 281 · LDN 897 · LDN 899 · LDN 900 · NGC 6914 · VdB131 · VdB132

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NGC 6914 - The Beating Heart Of Cygnus (LRGB)

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NGC 6914 - The Beating Heart Of Cygnus (LRGB)

The beating heart of Cygnus, NGC 6914, is a cosmic canvas where the universe seems to have splashed its palette with reckless abandon. It is a place where stellar nurseries hum lullabies to newly born stars, and where clouds of gas and dust perform an intricate ballet, shimmering in hues of electric blue and fiery red. Here, photons from young, unruly stars race through space, igniting hydrogen gas in a radiant light show that would put any fireworks display to shame. The dark nebulae surrounding the colorful heart complete the convergence of reflective, emissive, and dark regions. Roughly 6,000 light-years away from Earth, it lights up Cygnus with massive young stars emitting intense ultraviolet radiation, causing the surrounding hydrogen gas to glow vividly, while nearby dust clouds reflect the starlight, producing a blue hue. The region is also part of the larger Cygnus X star-forming complex, one of the most active stellar nurseries in our galaxy.

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	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
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RA (center)	20h24m27s.657
RA (top/left)	20h26m51s.844
RA (top/right)	20h24m28s.946
RA (bottom/right)	20h22m02s.508
RA (bottom/left)	20h24m26s.103

Dec (center)	+42°26′29″.12
Dec (top/left)	+42°15′03″.31
Dec (top/right)	+42°55′28″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°37′43″.77
Dec (bottom/left)	+41°57′29″.43

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