This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Dark nebula LDN 1768, optical image. This nebula (a cloud of gas and dust) is visible where it obscures the background stars behind it. Dark nebulae are where new stars form, protostars at the earliest stage of their evolution with insufficient energy to light up the nebula. LDN 1768 is located in the constellation of Ophiuchus. Image data obtained by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO telescope. Image published in 2016.

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