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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Sharpless 106
Here is the new astrophoto we unveiled during the live webcast:
Sharpless 106 is a giant molecular cloud, basically a cloud that is in the process of forming a star cluster. This near-infrared image was captured using the Hale Telescope's Wide-field Infrared Camera.
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