2022 April 19 - Stars and Globules in the Running Chicken Nebula
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2022-04-19

In today's image, we see part of the Running Chicken Nebula - an emission nebula and part of a star forming region. The dark globules towards the bottom are current sites of star formation. 

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