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Pointing a Finger at Star Formation
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Pointing a Finger at Star Formation

NASA / JPL · 2011-03-04 · photograph (digital archive)

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NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation of Monoceros. Sh2-284 is relatively isolated at the very end of an outer spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy.

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Credit linePointing a Finger at Star Formation. NASA/JPL, 2011-03-04. Public domain. ID: PIA13904.
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