The Star Forming Cloud RCW 34 | ESO
This richly colored cloud of gas called RCW 34 is 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)
Release Date: May 27, 2015
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