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Star-Studded Strings around Cocoon Nebula

ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/PACS/D. Arzoumanian CEA Saclay2011-04-13

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Dense filaments of gas in the IC5146 interstellar cloud can be seen clearly in this image taken in infrared light by the Herschel space observatory. The blue region is a stellar nursery known as the Cocoon nebula.

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  • Title: Star-Studded Strings around Cocoon Nebula
  • Creator: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/PACS/D. Arzoumanian CEA Saclay
  • Date Created: 2011-04-13
  • Rights: JPL
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