The Prawn Nebula: Wide-field view | ESO

The Prawn Nebula: Wide-field view | ESO

The glowing jumble of gas clouds visible in this image make up a huge stellar nursery nicknamed the Prawn Nebula. Taken using the VLT Survey Telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile, this may be one of the sharpest pictures ever taken of this object. It shows clumps of hot new-born stars nestled in among the clouds that make up the nebula.

Distance: 6,000 light years

This image also contains information from images of this object taken by Martin Pugh.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Acknowledgement: Martin Pugh

Release Date: September 18, 2013

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