CORONA AUSTRALIS REFLECTION NEBULA

500 light-years

A long tail of interstellar dust shines in the reflected light of nearby stars in this view of a nebula in the constellation Corona Australis (the southern crown). In some parts the dust accumulates to form dense molecular clouds from which it is thought young stars are born.

Credit: David Malin.

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