ESO has published a new image of the planetary nebula ESO 577-24 captured by its Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile thanks to its FORS2 instrument, which for almost twenty years has been capturing some of the best astronomical images obtained by the VLT. ESO 577-24 represents the final phase of the life of the star at its center, cataloged as Abell 36, in astronomical terms an instant of agony since its duration is estimated around 10,000 Earth years.