Dark filaments of dust radiating towards the centre of the Rosette nebula (NGC 2244).  The twisted helical pattern of these filaments is thought to be moulded by the interplay of

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The Elephant’s Trunk nebula is a dark and dense globule of interstellar gas and dust in the star cluster IC 1396 – an ionised gas region located in the constellation

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