Juan Carlos MuñozIt was really nice to contribute to this image of the Cone Nebula that ESO just released to mark 60 years of collaboration. It's one of the many things I love about my current job here: working with our amazing visual team to deliver cool images for you to enjoy.
What you see here is a pillar of dust and gas sculpted by the intense radiation of stars further up, outside of the field of view.
More info: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2215/
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ESO images a wondrous star factory to mark 60 years of collaboration
For the past 60 years the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been enabling scientists worldwide to discover the secrets of the Universe. We mark this milestone by bringing you a spectacular new image of a star factory, the Cone Nebula, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).
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