The European Southern Observatory (ESO) shared a new image of the blazing Flame Nebula, located in the Orion Constellation. Also known as 'Orion's fireplace,' the colorful interstellar cloud of dust and gas is an emission nebula where new stars and planets form.
This new image from ESO's Atacama Pathfinder Experiment radio telescope captures the Flame Nebula, which is the large cosmic feature on the left, and its surroundings within the Orion Constellation., one of the most famous regions in the sky as one of the most active stellar nurseries near Earth.
Despite the Flame Nebula's fiery appearance, these clouds are actually very cold, with temperatures just a few tens of degrees above absolute zero, which is equivalent to about minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit . The new image was taken using the SuperCam instrument on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment radio telescope, which is located at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama desert in northern Chile and operated by the ESO.
In the new image, the Flame Nebula is the large formation on the left. The image also features other cosmic objects, including reflection nebulas NGC 2071 and NGC 2023, which reflect the light of nearby stars, and the iconic , located in the top right, above NGC 2023. The team also identified a new, small, almost circular cosmic cloud, which they have named the Cow Nebula, according to the statement.
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