Trapped in a bubble of glowing red hydrogen, the Statue of Liberty nebula stretches out towards the ugly face of a goblin, who seems to adore it in amazement. New stars are forming in the complex nebulae with their dark knots of interstellar dust, whose powerful winds form these beautiful loops. The Statue of Liberty Nebula is around 9000 light years away from us. Twice as far away is the grimace-like nebula on the left of the image. This distant emission nebula is the most massive visible hydrogen region in the Milky Way, consisting of atomic ionized hydrogen (HII).
Statue of Liberty Nebula – NGC3576