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 R Coronae Australis. Optical image of the R Coronae Australis nebula in the constellation of the Southern Crown. Its central region (seen here) contains the brightest of the nebula's very young stars, including TY Coronae (lower right) and R Coronae Australis (centre), which are illuminating the surrounding gas and dust. The image is a composite of images taken by the MPG/ESO Telescope at La Silla, Chile.

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