Running Chicken Nebula glows in gorgeous new image from Very Large Telescope in Chile
December 27, 2024

Running Chicken Nebula glows in gorgeous new image from Very Large Telescope in Chile

A new telescopic image reveals a distant cloud of cosmic gas that looks like a curious chicken, tilting its head in wonder at the universe.

This image, taken by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) at Paranal Observatory in Chile, captures emission nebula — A bright cloud of ionized gas that emits its own light — about 6,500 light-years from Earth Earth Located in the southern constellation Centauri.

2024-12-26 14:00:00

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