Wednesday, September 14, 2011

ESA ESO: Tarantula Nebula's Shadow

The open cluster NGC 2100 shines brightly in this new photo from the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope in Chile. 

The cluster stands against the backdrop of brightly glowing colored gas from the Tarantula Nebula.

CREDIT: ESO

A group of 15 million-year-old stars shines in a rainbow of colors from blue to orange in a new star cluster photo snapped by astronomers using a telescope in Chile.

The stars, which are loosely bound by gravity in what's called an open cluster, are part of the cluster NGC 2100 and stand against a background of spidery gas from the nearby Tarantula Nebula.

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