Spectacular Stellar Nursery IC 2944 Wall Art Size:Medium (16 x 16) A series of short exposures

A series of short exposures through a near-infrared filtre was obtained of the waning Moon at sunrise on January 12 (at about 10 hrs UT)

Nebulae are some of the most beautiful celestial objects out there

Composite image of the Abell 2597 galaxy cluster showing the fountain-like flow of gas powered by the supermassive black hole in the central galaxy

like a lighthouse piercing through the storm clouds

This image was created from images taken through Z

Spectacular Stellar Nursery IC 2944 Wall Art Size:Medium (16 x 16) A series of short exposuresThis intriguing new view of a spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 is being released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESOs Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula. These globules are under fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot young stars. They are both being eroded away and also fragmenting,