2023 April 20 - A Dark Seahorse in Cepheus

In today's image, we see a dark nebula resembling a seahorse in the constellation of Cepheus. In this dark nebula, new stars are currently forming, invisible to us, but visible if you use infrared light to view through the dusty regions.

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