Close-up pan video showing the Medusa Nebula
This close-up pan video shows the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula (also known Abell 21 and Sharpless 2-274). It was captured using ESOòÀÙs Very Large Telescope in Chile. As the star at the heart of this nebula made its final transition into retirement, it shed its outer layers into space, forming this colourful cloud. The image foreshadows the final fate of the Sun, which will eventually also become an object of this kind.
Credit:ESO. Music: Johan Monell (www.johanmonell.com)
About the Video
Id: | eso1520b |
Release date: | 20 May 2015, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1520 |
Duration: | 50 s |
About the Object
Name: | Medusa Nebula, Sh 2-274 |
Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
Category: | • Nebulae |