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CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
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CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
Explanation:
Can a gas cloud eat a galaxy?
It's not even close.
The odd looking "creature" or "hand" extending down from the top of the
above photo
is a gas cloud known as a
cometary globule
.
This globule, however, has ruptured.
Cometary
globules
are typically characterized by
dusty
heads and
elongated
tails
.
These features cause cometary
globules
to have visual similarities to comets,
but in reality they are very much different.
Globules
are frequently the birthplaces of stars,
and many show very young stars in their heads.
The reason for the rupture in the head of this
object is not completely known.
The
galaxy
to the near the bottom of the image is huge, very far in the distance, and only placed near
CG4
by chance superposition.
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