CG 30 and 31 are a cometary globule grouping located in Puppies within the Gum Nebula. The area consists of several globules and dark dust clouds as well as Herbig Haro object HH 120.
The Globules are estimated to be 1000 light years from here.
A cometary globule is an interstellar cloud with comet-like morphology, consisting of compact, dusty opaque heads with long faintly luminous tails. Unlike dark nebulae or dark dust clouds, CG’s are isolated neutral globules surrounded by a hot ionized medium.
Cometary Globules were only recently identified in 1976.
Imaged in LRGB and H alpha on our RiDK 500 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Integration Time: 40 hours
Image Processing: Mike Selby