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Credit & Copyright: David Malin, Anglo
Australian Observartory
Explanation:
The dark spots in the above picture are not
photographic defects but an unusual type of interstellar cloud known as a Bok globule.
Bok globules, named after astronomer Bart Bok
who studied them extensively, are small dark clouds made of gas
and dust that are typically
condensing to form a star or stars.
These Bok globules
are found in front of a glowing H II
region known as IC 2944.
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Publications with keywords: bok globule - globule - IC 2944
Publications with words: bok globule - globule - IC 2944
See also:
- APOD: 2025 August 1 B Small Dark Nebula
- APOD: 2024 November 18 B Stars and Dust in the Pacman Nebula
- APOD: 2023 April 10 B IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula
- An Unusual Globule in IC 1396
- Dust Clouds of the Pacman Nebula
- Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula
- IC 2944: The Running Chicken Nebula