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Close-up view of NGC 6357

Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Close-up view of NGC 6357
Image credit: ESO

Uploader comment: ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has taken the most detailed image so far of a spectacular part of the stellar nursery called NGC 6357. The view shows many hot young stars, glowing clouds of gas and weird dust formations sculpted by ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds.


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