This huge cloud of cosmic "raw material" -- bright gas and dark dust -- is sometimes called the "boogeyman nebula" because it looks like there is a threatening dark figure in it.

Another favorite #astronomyimage -- the cloud of cosmic raw material (glowing gas and dark dust) that is sometimes nicknamed the Boogeyman nebula because of the threatening dark figure you can see within.
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