Panning across The Pipe Nebula | ESO

Panning across The Pipe Nebula | ESO

This pan video gives a close-up view of part of a vast dark cloud of interstellar dust called the Pipe Nebula. This very detailed image of what is also known as Barnard 59 was captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory.

Distance: 600 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: August 15, 2012

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