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The Gum 15 Star Formation Region: Wide-field View | ESO

The Gum 15 Star Formation Region: Wide-field View | ESO


This relatively unknown wide-field view captures the spectacular celestial landscape around the central object Gum 15. Among many other objects the star cluster NGC 2671 is visible a little to the lower left of center and at the lower right of the image some of the filaments forming part of the Vela Supernova Remnant can be seen. This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Distance: about 3,000 light-years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: November 3, 2014


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