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IC 2944

IC 2944
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    IC 2944
  • Release Date
    January 3, 2002
  • Science Release
    Thackeray’s Globules in IC 2944
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  • Credit
    Photograph by David Malin, copyright Anglo-Australian Observatory

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