APOD 2.4

No, this is not a landscape shot of Manhattan island. This is actually a super small snapshot of the sky using an observatory and camera. The picture corresponds to about 2 degrees in length which is very small considering there are thousands of stars in this picture.The little nebula is LDN 988. This nebula is about 2000 light years away from us here on earth. This little nebula has a star being formed inside of it called V1331 Cygni. It looks so small from here yet its actually a massive star even in early years of formation. Its believed that the star is a T Tuari star which means its young and in early stage of formation. This is just two degrees out of the whole 360. Just imagine how many stars there are.