eso_eso1539c October 14th, 2015
Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
This rich landscape is part of the small constellation of Crux (The Southern Cross). The very bright star is Alpha Crucis, also known as Acrux, one of the four stars that make up the famous cross shape. Most of the upper left part of this image is filled with dark dusty clouds that form part of the huge dark nebula called the Coalsack.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1539c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
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