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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 03:35:06 UTC Robert McNees

   "Hot young stars in your area are ionizing clouds of hydrogen with their intense ultraviolet emissions."
   The stellar nursery NGC 2174, about 6400 light years away in Orion.
   Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA

   • Mister Serious (ethanholmes@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 03:41:17 UTC Mister Serious

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     @mcnees I wanna date these heavenly bodies *runs away*

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Dec-2022 03:50:41 UTC Robert McNees

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     Cosmic pup. #mondog

   • HistoPol (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 01:30:21 UTC HistoPol

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     @mcnees

     Really naruralistic.

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Dec-2022 04:13:40 UTC Robert McNees

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     The galaxy M83 in the constellation Hydra. About 15 million light years away. You can just make it out with a pair of binoculars.

     Image: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: W. Blair (STScI/Johns Hopkins University) and R. O’Connell (University of Virginia)

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Dec-2022 02:52:26 UTC Robert McNees

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     The star cluster NGC 3603, about 20,000 light years away in the constellation Carina.

     Image: NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (UVA), F. Paresce (Nat. Inst. for Astrophysics, Bologna), E. Young (USRA/Ames Research Center), WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)