Dragonfish Nebula
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title:
Dragonfish Nebula
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The Dragonfish Nebula, as it is known for its appearance on infrared images, is a massive emission nebula and star-forming region 30,000 light-years from the Sun in the direction of the constellation Crux, the Southern Cross. The Dragonfish Nebula gets its name from a giant toothy fish known as the deep-sea dragonfish. The giant stars in this nebula blow a bubble in the surrounding gas. This bubble is over 100 light-years long and forms the mouth of the dragonfish. The two largest and luminous s
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Emission nebula and star-forming region in the constellation Crux
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfish_Nebula
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2024-02-13T13:32:59Z
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