Pointing a Finger at Star Formation
NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, captured this image of a star-forming cloud of dust and gas located in the constellation of Monoceros. Sh2-284 is relatively isolated at the very end of an outer spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy.
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NASA ID
PIA13904
Date Created
March 4, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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