The Hubble Space Telescope spotted a free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globule (frEGG) in the Soul Nebula, or Sharpless 199. Here’s the image:
![](https://i0.wp.com/introductiontothecosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ffegg.jpg?resize=400%2C390&ssl=1)
The frEGG is at the upper-left of the image. FrEGGs are interesting because they are dense enough to resist photoevaporation better than the less compact gas around them.
Here’s the link to the full-size image and caption that explains it in greater detail: https://esahubble.org/images/potw2251a/
This is a widefield view of the Soul Nebula shot in narrowband SHO using Telescope Live:
![](https://i1.wp.com/introductiontothecosmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sh2-199.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1)
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