Thursday, September 13, 2012

ESA ESO La Silla Observatory: Captures Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) Image

The oddly shaped Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) is pictured in this image from ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile.

This nebula is a small part of a huge remnant left over after a supernova explosion that took place about 11.000 years ago.

Picture: EPA/European Southern Observatory

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