Tag: stellar nursery

A Spectacular Landscape of Star Formation
By 2014.08.22 0 Comments Read More →

A Spectacular Landscape of Star Formation

Another contribution from the European Southern Observatory in Chile. Original Caption: “This image, captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows two dramatic star formation regions in the southern Milky Way. The first is of these, on the left, is dominated by the star cluster NGC 3603, located 20 […]

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Shining in the Blue Light of Creation
By 2013.01.16 0 Comments Read More →

Shining in the Blue Light of Creation

Another amazing image from the European Southern Observatory, this one taken from the 2.2 meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile.  The image shows a stellar nursery in the cloud Lupus 3,  5 light years across and located  600 light years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.  The coffee colored cloud is host to a […]

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