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Pan across the Star Forming Cloud RCW 34 | ESO

Pan across the Star Forming Cloud RCW 34 | ESO

This video gives a close-up look at a richly colored cloud of gas called RCW 34, a site of star formation in the southern constellation of Vela (The Sails). This image was taken using the FORS instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in northern Chile.

Distance: about 10,000 light years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: May 27, 2015


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