Highlights from Three-In-One Nebula Image | ESO

This compilation shows a few of the many highlights in an enormous three gigapixel image from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) that includes the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula and the Omega Nebula.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Release Date: June 14, 2017

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