Screenshot from IMAX® 3D movie Hidden Universe showing the Helix Nebula in infrared

The Helix Nebula is 700 light-years away from Earth, but screened before audience's eyes in reconstructed 3D in Hidden Universe, released in IMAX® theatres and giant-screen cinemas around the globe and produced by the Australian production company December Media in association with Film Victoria, Swinburne University of Technology, MacGillivray Freeman Films and ESO. The original image was taken by ESO's VISTA Telescope.

Credit:

ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson

About the Image

Id:eso1329d
Type:Artwork
Release date:1 July 2013, 12:20
Related releases:eso1329
Size:5613 x 3479 px

About the Object

Name:Helix Nebula
Type:Milky Way : Nebula
Category:Nebulae

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