... First swept up in 1783 by mathematician and astronomer Caroline Herschel, the dusty island universe lies a mere 10 million light-years away in the southern constellation Sculptor. ... Stars themselves can create huge and intricate dust sculptures from the dense and dark molecular clouds from which they are born. ... Appropriately nicknamed "the Skull Nebula", planetary nebula NGC 246 really does surround a dying star some 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Cetus. ... Star Cluster Dreams . ...