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                                  2022 October 31   
      
                           LDN 43: The Cosmic Bat Nebula   
       Image Credit & Copyright: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby; Text: Michelle   
                               Thaller (NASA's GSFC)   
      
      Explanation: What is the most spook-tacular nebula in the galaxy? One   
      contender is LDN 43, which bears an astonishing resemblance to a vast   
      cosmic bat flying amongst the stars on a dark Halloween night. Located   
      about 1400 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, this   
      molecular cloud is dense enough to block light not only from background   
      stars, but from wisps of gas lit up by the nearby reflection nebula LBN   
      7. Far from being a harbinger of death, this 12-light year-long   
      filament of gas and dust is actually a stellar nursery. Glowing with   
      eerie light, the bat is lit up from inside by dense gaseous knots that   
      have just formed young stars.   
      
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