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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