Panning across the head of the Seagull Nebula

This video gives a close-up view of a new image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory showing part of a stellar nursery nicknamed the Seagull Nebula. This cloud of gas, known as Sh 2-292, RCW 2 and Gum 1, seems to form the head of the seagull and glows brightly due to the energetic radiation from a very hot young star lurking at its heart. The detailed view was produced by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope.

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ESO. Music: Disasterpeace

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Id:eso1237b
Release date:26 September 2012, 12:00
Related releases:eso1237
Duration:01 m 01 s
Frame rate:30 fps

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Category:Nebulae

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