This is the APOD for September 13th, 2012. This is a picture of the Cocoon Nebula. The large, eye drawing red and blue section is a where stars are formed. A star forming region can be identified by the red center that contains glowing hydrogen gas and the glowing new blue stars around it. This nebula alone is 15 light years wide and 4,000 light years away. The darker areas that seem to be trailing the glowing center are covering other stars that are newly formed.
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