Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Musca (Mus)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4372  ·  PGC 157505  ·  PGC 166230  ·  PGC 259768  ·  PGC 259932  ·  PGC 260666  ·  PGC 261183  ·  PGC 261453  ·  PGC 261474  ·  PGC 261607  ·  PGC 262033  ·  PGC 262035  ·  PGC 262363  ·  PGC 262487  ·  PGC 263386  ·  PGC 263559  ·  PGC 263966  ·  PGC 2801752  ·  PGC 3074216  ·  PGC 3074223  ·  PGC 3074245  ·  PGC 3074251  ·  PGC 3074269  ·  PGC 3074285  ·  PGC 3074293  ·  PGC 3074325  ·  PGC 3074375  ·  PGC 3074385  ·  PGC 3074390  ·  PGC 3074415  ·  And 16 more.
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Dark Doodad

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Dark Doodad

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A long molecular cloud located near the NGC 4372 globular cluster, the Dark Doodad was named by an amateur astronomer.  It is located in the Southern constellation Musca (the Fly).

The data for this photograph was captured in LRGB using Astrodon LRGB 2GEN filters - 5 exposures for each filter at 300 seconds.

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