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The Helix Nebula: Infrared View | ESO's VISTA

The Helix Nebula: Infrared View | ESO's VISTA

The European Southern Observatory's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has captured this unusual view of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a planetary nebula located 700 light-years away. 

The colored picture was created from images taken through Y, J and K infrared filters. While bringing to light a rich background of stars and galaxies, the telescope's infrared vision also reveals strands of cold nebular gas that are mostly obscured in visible images of the Helix. 


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/VISTA/J. Emerson

Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit

Release Date: January 19, 2012


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