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Its 3 am. You walk into your kitchen to get a glass of water. You see this celestial nebulous in humanoid form hunched over your fridge, reaching for the last can of your favourite soda. They don't move, instead frozen in the act of being caught. What do you do next?

NGC 3576 or the Ibex Nebula which looks like a celestial Ibex mountain goat with those striking horn like nebulous clouds, is situated near the Southern Cross – a four star constellation in the southern hemisphere

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The Horsehead Nebula in Infrared from Hubble

Fittingly named the Horsehead Nebula, it is embedded in the vast and complex Orion Nebula (M42). A potentially rewarding but difficult object to view personally with a small telescope, the above gorgeously detailed image was taken in 2013 in infrared light by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in honor of the 23rd anniversary of Hubble's launch. The dark molecular cloud, roughly 1,500 light years distant, is cataloged as Barnard 33 and is seen above primarily because it is backlit by the nearby massive star Sigma Orionis . (Text adapted from APOD.NASA.GOV)

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)