LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula

By |2024-10-27T09:09:15-04:00October 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What is the most spook-tacular nebula in the galaxy? One contender is LDN 43, which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast cosmic bat flying amongst the stars on a dark Halloween night. Located about 1400 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, this molecular cloud is dense enough to [...]