The 1.5-billion-pixel Running Chicken Nebula | ESO

The 1.5-billion-pixel Running Chicken Nebula | ESO

While many holiday traditions involve feasts of turkey, soba noodles, latkes or Pan de Pascua, this year, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is bringing you a holiday chicken. The so-called Running Chicken Nebula, home to young stars in the making, is revealed in spectacular detail in this 1.5-billion-pixel image captured by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), hosted at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal site in Chile. 

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: Dec. 21, 2023

#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Nebulae #Nebula #EmissionNebula #IC2944 #IC2948 #RunningChickenNebula #Stars #LambdaCentauri #BokGlobules #Centaurus #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #ParanalObservatory #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video