Zooming in on The Seagull Nebula | ESO

Zooming in on The Seagull Nebula | ESO

This video sequence starts with a broad view of the Milky Way before closing in on the familiar bright star Sirius and the nearby constellation of Orion (The Hunter). We see a faint red object resembling a bird in flight—the Seagull Nebula (IC 2177) and zoom in on what turns out to be a dramatic star formation region. The final view of the head part of the seagull is a detailed image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Nick Risinger

Music: Disasterpeace

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: September 27, 2012

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