Highlights of Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula, Omega Nebula | ESO

Highlights of Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula & Omega Nebula | ESO

This pan video shows a few of the many highlights in an enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) that includes the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula and the Omega Nebula.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: June 14, 2017

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