May 20, 2016

The LHA 120-N55 nebula photographed by the VLT (Photo ESO)

ESO released new photos of the nebula LHA 120-N55 – usually called simply N55 – taken with the VLT (Very Large Telescope). It’s an emission nebula located inside a so-called superbubble called CML 4 and has a halo that in the images has various colors like a cloak adorning recently formed stars and consists of gas remained after most of it was absorbed by those stars.