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Snow Angel S106 Nebula - Hubble Space Telescope

Credit: NASA/ESA
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows Sh 2-106, or S106 for short. This is a compact star forming region in the constellation Cygnus (The Swan). The image was released on Dec. 15, 2011.