• 8 years ago
VISTA views Messier 78

The star formation region Messier 78, in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), was taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.

As well as the blue regions f reflected light from the hot young stars the image also shows
streams of dark dust and the red jets emerging from stars in the rocess of formation.

Credit: ESO

http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1635a

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