Tag Archive for 'Cometary globule'

This Webb image shows the Treasure Chest, a cometary globule located within the famous Carina Nebula. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / M. Reiter / M.H. Özsaraç.

Webb Finds Stellar ‘Treasure Chest’ in Carina Nebula

Aug 10, 2026 by Enrico de Lazaro

A stunning new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveals a comet-shaped cloud in the Carina Nebula hiding a cluster of about 70 young...

This DECam image shows CG4, one of many cometary globules present within the Milky Way Galaxy. Image credit: CTIO / NOIRLab / DOE / NSF / AURA / T.A. Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage & NSF’s NOIRLab / D. de Martin & M. Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab.

DECam Spots Cometary Globule in Gum Nebula

May 7, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on NSF’s Víctor M. Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF’s...

This VST image shows the cometary globule GN 16.43.7.01. Image credit: ESO / VPHAS+ Team / CASU.

VST Observes Mysterious Cometary Globule

Mar 26, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, astronomers have produced a spectacular image of GN 16.43.7.01, a cometary globule...

This image shows the cometary globule CG4; although it looks huge and bright in this image it is actually a faint nebula and not easy to observe; the exact nature of CG4 remains a mystery. Image credit: ESO.

God’s Hand: Astronomers Capture Cometary Globule CG4

Jan 28, 2015 by News Staff

A stunning new image of the cometary globule CG4 has been obtained by a group of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope. This image shows the cometary...