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**Astronomy Picture of the Day**
11 February 2025
**The Spider and the Fly**
Image Credit & Copyright:
Dave Boddington
Will the spider ever catch the fly? Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The spider-shaped gas cloud in the image center is actually an emission nebula labelled IC 417, while the smaller fly-shaped cloud on the left is dubbed NGC 1931 and is both an emission nebula and a reflection nebula. About 10,000 light-years distant, both nebulas harbor young star clusters. For scale, the more compact NGC 1931 (Fly) is about 10 light-years across. The featured deep image, captured over 20 hours during late January in Berkshire UK, also shows more diffuse and red-glowing interstellar gas and dust. Explore Your Universe: Random APOD Generator
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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250211.htmlPublished at
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"content": "**Astronomy Picture of the Day**\n\n11 February 2025\n\n**The Spider and the Fly**\n\nhttps://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2502/SpiderFly_Boddington_4788.jpg\n\nImage Credit \u0026 Copyright: \nDave Boddington\n\n\nWill the spider ever catch the fly? Not if both are large emission nebulas toward the constellation of the Charioteer (Auriga). The spider-shaped gas cloud in the image center is actually an emission nebula labelled IC 417, while the smaller fly-shaped cloud on the left is dubbed NGC 1931 and is both an emission nebula and a reflection nebula. About 10,000 light-years distant, both nebulas harbor young star clusters. For scale, the more compact NGC 1931 (Fly) is about 10 light-years across. The featured deep image, captured over 20 hours during late January in Berkshire UK, also shows more diffuse and red-glowing interstellar gas and dust. Explore Your Universe: Random APOD Generator\n\n#APOD #CosmicWonders #Galaxy #Astrobiology #NASA\n\nhttps://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250211.html\n",
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