Wide-field Infrared View of Nebula Messier 78 in Orion | ESO's VIST

Wide-field Infrared View of Nebula Messier 78 in Orion | ESO's VISTA

This richly detailed view of the star formation region Messier 78, in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), was taken with the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. As well as the blue regions of reflected light from the hot young stars the image also shows streams of dark dust and the red jets emerging from stars in the process of formation.

Distance: ~1,400 light years

Image Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Release Date: Oct. 5, 2016

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