Saturday, 23 August 2014

A Spectacular Landscape of Star Formation

SKY NIGHTLY
A Spectacular Landscape of Star Formation
Paris (SPX) Aug 22, 2014 - This image, captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows two dramatic star formation regions in the southern Milky Way. The first is of these, on the left, is dominated by the star cluster NGC 3603, located 20 000 light-years away, in the Carina-Sagittarius spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy. The second object, on the right, is a collection of glowing gas ... more


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