This dark nebula, LND 43, also referred to as the Cosmic Bat Nebula, is located in the constellation of Ophiuchus, approx. 1400 light years from Earth. This molecular cloud is obscuring...
NGC 1316 (the larger one) is a lenticular galaxy about 60 million light-years away. It is the fourth-brightest radio source in the sky. The smaller barred spiral galaxy, NGC 1317, is ab...