#PPOD: Located in Ophiuchus and rarely imaged, LDN 43 is a dark nebula consisting of very dense material blocking light from the background stars. Two cometary nebulae are found inside the dark nebula area, which looks like a flying bat. Credit: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby Tweet added by The SETI Institute @SETIInstitute

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#PPOD : Located in Ophiuchus and rarely imaged, LDN 43 is a dark nebula consisting of very dense material blocking light from the background stars. Two cometary nebulae are found inside the dark nebula area, which looks like a flying bat. Credit: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby

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@SETIInstitute I, for one, welcome our new space-bat overlords.

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@SETIInstitute Consider our minds blown.

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@SETIInstitute What that dark material is made of?

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Claire Jenkins

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@SETIInstitute Bat Nebula, surely! 😂

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@SETIInstitute ?

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@SETIInstitute Is like a bat.

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@SETIInstitute IMO it is no longer acceptable to add artificial colour to images of celestial objects. It is misleading the credulous. Show us things as they are without artistic license please.🙏

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