Panning across The 'Smiling Cat' Nebula: Sh2-284 | European Southern Observatory
This video sequence takes a close look at the Sh2-284 nebula, a vast region of dust and gas that is teeming with young stars, located some 15,000 light-years away from Earth. Sh2-284 is a star formation region. At its center, there is a cluster of young stars, dubbed Dolidze 25. The radiation from this cluster is powerful enough to ionize the hydrogen gas in the nebula’s cloud. It is this ionization that produces its bright orange and red colors.
This detailed view of the nebula was captured by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), which is owned by The National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy, INAF, and is hosted at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team
Acknowledgement: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU)
Duration: 1 minute
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