The dark energy camera of the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, located at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), in Chile, captured a stunning image of the nebula structure CG 4, better known by the faithful as the “Hand of God”.
CG 4 It is a star-forming region located in the Puppis constellation, about 1,300 light years from Earth.but many call it “Hand of God” because it looks like the silhouette of a hand stretching out.
However, for science, This structure falls into the category of “cometary globule” because one of its peaks is shaped like a kite. A comet of colossal dimensions.
According to Universe Today, the area that is forming a hand-like figure, It is 1.5 light years in diameter and has a tail approximately 8 light years long.
This would not be the first photo of CG 4, but it would be one of the most special, and it is that In the same plane, a galaxy was brought into focus that was precisely aligned with the “hand”, so it seems that it is trying to reach it..
In addition, you can also see a red glow that would be marking the silhouettes of the clouds, which corresponds to emissions of ionized hydrogen, which are illuminated by radiation from massive stars nearby.
Scientists believe that The “Hand of God” still has enough material to form new stars as dense as the Sunbut they still do not know how it was formed.
