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And until recently, the coldest known place in the universe, and naturally coldest place in the universe, was the Boomerang Nebula, and where temperature could reach as low as minus 272 degrees Celsius. And that's 1.15 degrees Celsius. And the nebula is about 5,000 light years away from us, and it's believed to be a star system heading towards the planetary nebula phase. And this type of phase happens when there is an expanding glowing shell of ionized gas ejected into space from the core of a red giant star nearing the end of its light. The closest example of this would be probably M57, Messier object M57 in the constellation Lyra. And that is the planetary nebula there. If you had a really, really dark night sky, and you had a good scope, medium to larger scope, you might get a glimpse of the core of that nebula, which is the remains of the star that's blown off all the outer atmosphere. Just dropping.