Spectacular Stellar Nursery IC 2944 Wall Art Size:Medium (16 x 16) Composite image of the Abell

Composite image of the Abell 2597 galaxy cluster showing the fountain-like flow of gas powered by the supermassive black hole in the central galaxy

three light-years high

which plays host to some of the highest-mass stars in our galaxy

like a lighthouse piercing through the storm clouds

8 billion miles

Spectacular Stellar Nursery IC 2944 Wall Art Size:Medium (16 x 16) Composite image of the AbellThis intriguing new view of a spectacular stellar nursery IC 2944 is being released to celebrate a milestone: 15 years of ESOs Very Large Telescope. This image also shows a group of thick clouds of dust known as the Thackeray globules silhouetted against the pale pink glowing gas of the nebula. These globules are under fierce bombardment from the ultraviolet radiation from nearby hot young stars. They are both being eroded away and also fragmenting,