Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)
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The head of cometary globule CG 4 resembles a Space monster with a dusty cavernous mouth.
It is a star forming region in the Puppis constellation, about 1,300 light-years away from Earth.
The Head of the cometary globule is about 1.5 light years across.

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