Panning across the Head of The Seagull Nebula | ESO

Panning across the Head of The Seagull Nebula | ESO

This video gives a close-up view of an image from the European Southern Observatory'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-meter telescope.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Music: Disasterpeace

Release Date: September 27, 2012

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