Panning across Star Cluster NGC 6520 & Dark Cloud Barnard 86 | ESO

Panning across Star Cluster NGC 6520 & Dark Cloud Barnard 86 | ESO

This pan video takes a close look at a new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile, showing the bright star cluster NGC 6520 and its neighbor, the strangely shaped dark cloud Barnard 86. This cosmic pair is set against millions of glowing stars from the brightest part of the Milky Way—a region so dense with stars that barely any dark sky is seen across the picture.

Distance: 6,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 36 seconds

Release Date: Feb. 14, 2013

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