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corona australis nebula
nebula
The R Corona Australis nebula is a complex mix of gas and dust 420 light-years from Earth, where young stars are beginning their lives.
This magnificent view of the region around the star R Coronae Australis was created from images taken with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla Observatory in Chile.
R Coronae Australis lies at the heart of a nearby star-forming region and is surrounded by a delicate bluish “reflection” nebula embedded in a huge dust cloud.
Credit: ESO.
(via the-star-stuff)