Messier 78: A Reflection Nebula in Orion Wall Art including Frame tapestry Valentijn and collaborators at Groningen

Valentijn and collaborators at Groningen and elsewhere

reveals stages in the life cycle of stars

They were discovered on the first panoramas taken by the IMP camera on the July 4

also known as Messier 20 and NGC 6514

Messier 78: A Reflection Nebula in Orion Wall Art including Frame tapestry Valentijn and collaborators at GroningenThis new image of the reflection nebula Messier 78 was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG ESO 2. 2 metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This colour picture was created from many monochrome exposures taken through blue, yellow green and red filters, supplemented by exposures through a filter that isolates light from glowing hydrogen gas. The total exposure times were 9, 9, 17. 5 and 15. 5 minutes per filter,