Panning across The Swan Nebula: Messier 17 | ESO

Panning across The Swan Nebula: Messier 17 | ESO

This video gives us a close-up view of the rose-colored star forming region Messier 17. The picture was captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It is one of the sharpest images showing the entire nebula and not only reveals its full size, but also retains fine detail throughout the cosmic landscape of gas clouds, dust and newborn stars.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 25, 2015

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