
April 19, 2013 The Dark Tower, a cometary globule in Scorpius Image Credit & Copyright: Don Goldman, Astrodon Imaging (http://www.astrodonimaging.com) The Dark Tower is an elongated dark cloud of dust and gas of about 40 light-years across, located some 5,000 light-years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Scorpius. Silhouetted against a crowded star field, [continue reading]