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LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula

Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby; Text: Michelle Thaller (NASA's GSFC)

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A starfield is shown with a large brown dust nebula in the center. The nebula appears, to some, to be shaped like a bat. One of the stars in the dust nebula even appears to be the eye of the bat.

APOD: 2024 October 27 – LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula

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It's always fun to look for the critters that we can "see" in clouds! This one, in a cloud of a different sort, is very creepy!

Beautiful image -- thanks for posting it.

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