H II Region | Sharpless 29 | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt Color:Navy The image covers more than

The image covers more than one and a half square degree — an area eight times larger than that of the Full Moon — with a total of about 370 million pixels

reveals the ring with greater clarity than ever before

This image is a mosaic created from VISTA images taken through Y

It was produced from three images

H II Region | Sharpless 29 | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt Color:Navy The image covers more thanThe 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