IRAS 14568-6304

IRAS 14568-6304 is a young star cloaked in a haze of golden gas and dust, appearing embedded within an intriguing swoosh of dark sky, which curves through the image and obscures the sky behind. This dark region is known as the Circinus molecular cloud, with a mass around 250,000 times that of the Sun, and is filled with gas, dust and young stars.