Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Jennings (cosmicphotos)
Explanation: Can a gas cloud grab a galaxy? It's not even close. The
"claw" of this odd looking "creature" in the above
photo is a gas cloud known as a cometary globule.
This globule, however, has ruptured. Cometary
globules are typically characterized by dusty
heads and elongated tails. These
features cause cometary globules to have visual
similarities to comets, but in reality they are very much different. Globules are frequently the
birthplaces of stars, and many show very young stars in their heads. The reason
for the rupture in the head of this object is not
completely known. The galaxy
to the left of the globule is huge, very far in the distance, and only placed
near CG4 by
chance superposition.
