10/30/2010 Ghost of the Cepheus Flame
This picture is very frightening. The molecular dust cloud kind of looks like a seahorse. The constellation Cepheus contains several star forming regions. The Cepheus Flare is a star forming region of low and intermediate mass. The main nebula is the Ghost Nebula, whose brown color is caused by the stars behind it. The double stars are the beginnings of a binary star. It's fitting that they used a picture of the ghost nebula on the day before Halloween.
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