It's always a lovely day for a nebula.
This view of the Penguin Nebula was created from the light emitted by sulfur, hydrogen, and oxygen, to better display the ionization front -- that orange band on the right -- where the heat from young stars is gradually warming up the cold gases. (Compare with this image I posted several years ago.)
Image Credit and Copyright: Yannick Akar
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