Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)  ·  Contains:  HD59869  ·  HD60431  ·  HD60671  ·  HD60752  ·  HD60794  ·  HD60795  ·  HD60839  ·  HD61077  ·  HD61194  ·  HD61290
CG4 Hand of God in HaLRGB, Capturing Ancient Photons
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CG4 Hand of God in HaLRGB

CG4 Hand of God in HaLRGB, Capturing Ancient Photons
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CG4 Hand of God in HaLRGB

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Hand of God CG4 is a cometary globule located in the constellation Puppis around 1,400 light-years away from Earth. The head is around 1.5 light-years in diameter and is actually opaque but glows because it is illuminated by very hot stars. It also shows a faint red glow at the end from excited hydrogen and almost seems like it's about to devour an edge-on galaxy to the left.

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