Deep-sky object class

Bok Globule

A small, dense, isolated cloud of cold gas and dust — a compact kind of dark nebula, named for Bart Bok — within which one or a few stars are collapsing into being. Bok globules are among the coldest objects in the Universe and are studied as the birthplaces of low-mass stars.

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›Cold, dense dust clouds where single stars are born

Dark Nebula
Molecular Clouds
Star-Forming Regions

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Dark Nebula

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Associated withDark Nebula
Associated withDark Nebula
Associated withMolecular Clouds
Associated withStar-Forming Regions

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