February 7
Thackeray's Globules
Observed in 1999
These dense, dark dust clouds, named "Thackeray's globules" after astronomer A.D. Thackeray, are silhouetted against stars and bright gas clouds of the star-forming region IC 2944. The largest globule is actually two separate, overlapping clouds.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope