by Data collected with the Very Large Telescope shows a vast region of gas and dust resembling a celestial cat with a cluster of young stars right under its nose.
The feline-looking cloud is the brightest part of the Sh2–284 nebula and is host to a huge population of infant stars created as over-dense patches of gas and dust collapse under their own gravitational influence.
The stellar nursery is located around 15,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Monoceros.
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The feline-looking cloud is the brightest part of the Sh2–284 nebula and is host to a huge population of infant stars created as over-dense patches of gas and dust collapse under their own gravitational influence.
The stellar nursery is located around 15,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Monoceros.
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