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lastlib

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Sat Feb 16, 2019, 01:17 AM Feb 2019

Happy Valentine's Day from space!



https://www.space.com/34-image-day.html


Thursday, February 14, 2019: Happy Valentine's Day from space! This endearing deep-space object is the Heart Nebula, or IC 1805. Located about 7,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia, this glistening cloud of cosmic dust and gas was shaped by intense radiation coming from a cluster of stars at its core. Protruding from the cusp of the heart is the Fishhead Nebula. Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured this view from the Dark Sky Alqueva Reserve in Portugal.



(Or, how to give a Valentine heart without donating........... )
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Happy Valentine's Day from space! (Original Post) lastlib Feb 2019 OP
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