This object, labeled RCW 120, is one of the latest images from the Spitzer Space Telescope which operates in the infrared range, below the visible light range. All you would see through an optical telescope is black. This effect is caused by O-type stars, the most massive known type of star.
[Or, it might be the home of the Guardians of the Universe, and source of the Green Lantern’s power ring, if you are into that sort of thing.]
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