The Sky around The 'Smiling Cat' Nebula: Sh2-284 | ESO
This image shows a dark area of night sky, speckled only lightly with the white and blue glow of stars. In the very center is the orange cloud of the Sh2-284 nebula within our Milky Way Galaxy.
Distance: 15,000 light-years
This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date: June 27, 2023
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