This extraordinary bubble, glowing like the ghost of a star in the haunting darkness of space, may appear supernatural and mysterious, but it is a familiar astronomical object: a planetary nebula, the remnants of a dying star. This is the best view of the little-known object ESO 378-1 yet obtained and was captured by ESO's Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.eso.org/public/unitedkingdom/news/eso1532/
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The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
5 August 2015
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