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Old 06-29-2009, 06:05 PM
 
Location: Universal City, Texas
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NASA's picture of the 'hole in the sky' - now known to be a dark molecular cloud absorbing all the visible light from stars behind it


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Old 06-29-2009, 06:20 PM
 
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Looks more like Pacman to me...
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Old 06-29-2009, 06:32 PM
 
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Great view! Weird looking thing. It's called Barnard 68. Here's a couple of links about molecular clouds and Barnard 68. Interestingly, I found the Wiki link of Barnard 68 on from a NASA post of the photo of the cloud.

Molecular cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barnard 68 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

APOD: 2009 June 23 - Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
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Old 07-04-2009, 07:07 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Just so happens I have a calendar with the Carina Nebula on it. I just glanced up at it and saw where that "hand with the finger" was.
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