Head of Seagull Nebula. Optical image of part of the stellar nursery known as the Seagull Nebula. This portion of the nebula,a glowing cloud of hydrogen gas and dust,is the head of the 'seagull'. It is known as Sh 2-292,RCW 2 and Gum 1. It glows due to the energetic radiation from a very hot young star inside it. This nebula is around 3500 light years distant in the constellation of Monoceros. This image was obtained by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) sensor on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope. Image published in 2012 | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY |
Taille de l’image : | 4206 px × 4189 px |
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