In today's image, we see part of the region around the constellation of the southern crown. This is part of a molecular cloud and star forming region. On the left side, we see a dark nebula where starlight is blocked out by the dust. on the right, we see reflection nebulae where light from hot stars is scattered off of dust around them.

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