Rich colors of a cosmic seagull
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
A new image from the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory shows part of a stellar nursery nicknamed the Seagull Nebula. This cloud of gas, formally called Sharpless 2-292, 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.