Hier ist wahrhaftig ein Loch im Himmel - The NGC 1999 dark globule is not a globule

T. Stanke, A. M. Stutz, J. J. Tobin +22

The NGC 1999 reflection nebula features a dark patch with a size of ~10,000 AU, which has been interpreted as a small, dense foreground globule and possible site of imminent star f…