A Quick Pan of The Swan Nebula Region | ESO

A Quick Pan of The Swan Nebula Region | ESO

This pan video shows the region around the Swan Nebula (Messier 17). It is part of a bigger image of the area taken by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Distance: 5,500 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 10 seconds

Release Date: June 14, 2017

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