Starship Asterisk*

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[url=http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1009a/][b]The Cosmic Bat — NGC 1788[/b] [i](ESO)[/i][/url][/quote]
[img]http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bat-signal.jpg[/img]
[list][b] [color=#0000FF]Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a teatray in the sky.[/color] [/b][/list]

[url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1009/]The Cosmic Bat[/url]: NGC 1788
ESO1009 - 2010 March 03
[quote][b]An Island of Stars in the Making on the Outskirts of Orion[/b]

The delicate nebula NGC 1788, located in a dark and often neglected corner of the Orion constellation, is revealed in a new and finely nuanced image that ESO is releasing today. Although this ghostly cloud is rather isolated from Orion’s bright stars, the latter’s powerful winds and light have had a strong impact on the nebula, forging its shape and making it home to a multitude of infant suns.[/quote]
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[url=http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1009a/]The Cosmic Bat — NGC 1788 [i](ESO)[/i][/url]

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[url=http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1009b/]Around NGC 1788 [i](ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2)[/i][/url]

[url=http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1009a/]Video: Zoom in onto NGC 1788[/url]