astronomer using omega cam meter is on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) captured 1.5 billion pixel image A vast stellar nursery called the Running Chicken Nebula.
The Running Chicken Nebula is made up of several clouds, all of which can be seen in this OmegaCAM/VST image. Image credit: ESO / VPHAS+ Team / CASU.
of running chicken nebulaThe star, also known as IC 2944, is located in the constellation Centaurus, about 6,500 light-years from Earth.
ESO astronomers said in a statement: “The Running Chicken Nebula is actually made up of several regions, all of which can be seen in this vast image, spanning an area of the sky roughly the size of 25 full moons. ” he said.
“The brightest region in the nebula is IC 2948There, some people see the chicken’s head, and others see the butt. ”
“The wispy pastel outlines are fantastic plumes of gas and dust.”
“IC 2944 is characterized by a bright, vertical, almost column-like structure toward the center of the image.”
“The brightest glow in this particular area is lambda centauri, a star visible to the naked eye that is much closer to us than the nebula itself. ”
But IC 2948 and IC 2944 themselves are full of young stars. And while they may be bright, they are definitely not cheerful.
“They cut through their environment in the same way as chickens, exhaling enormous amounts of radiation,” the astronomers said.
“Some regions of the nebula, known as the Bok globules, can withstand the intense assault of ultraviolet radiation that spreads through this region.”
“If you zoom in on the image, you may see small, dark, dense pockets of dust and gas scattered throughout the nebula.”
“Other areas depicted here include: gum 39 and gum 40, there is gum 41 in the bottom right. ”
“Besides the nebula, there are countless orange, white, and blue stars in the sky, like fireworks.”
“Overall, this image is a wonder that cannot be explained. It’s a feast for the eyes as you zoom in and pan around.”
“This image is a large mosaic made of hundreds of individual frames carefully stitched together.”
“Individual images were taken through filters that let different colors of light through and combined into the final result presented here.”
“The data used to create this mosaic was acquired as part of the VST Photometric Hα Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge (VPHAS+), a project aimed at better understanding the life cycle of stars. .”
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