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Discovered in November 1834 by British astronomer John Herschel

captures the chaotic activity atop a pillar of gas and dust

Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens

while the cooler pillars are yellow from the combined light of hydrogen and nitrogen

Sharpless 29 iPhone Case T-shirts is around 6The OmegaCAM imager on ESOs VLT Survey Telescope has captured this glittering view of the stellar nursery called Sharpless 29. Many astronomical phenomena can be seen in this giant image, including cosmic dust and gas clouds that reflect, absorb, and re emit the light of hot young stars within the nebula. Credit: ESO