VST Captures Glowing Celestial Triplet
ESO's VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at the Paranal Observatory
has dazzled us again with an enormous new 3 gigapixel image.
Hundreds of individual images were pieced together
to form a spectacular view of a rich celestial landscape.
It captures the faint glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54...
...the iconic Eagle Nebula...
...and the Omega Nebula.
This cosmic trio are just parts of a vast complex of gas and dust: star-making factories.
Here, new stars are constantly springing to life and illuminating their surroundings.
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