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Christmas Tree Cluster – Happy Anniversay Darling Card

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae seriesA fantastic greetings card showing a colour image of the region known as NGC 2264 – an area of sky that includes the sparkling blue baubles of the Christmas Tree star cluster and the Cone Nebula.It was created from data taken through four different filters (B, V, R and H-alpha) with the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory, 2400 m high in the Atacama Desert of Chile in the foothills of the Andes.The image shows a region of space about 30 light-years across.All items with this imageAll items in the Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae seriesImage code: xmastrclstESO/J. Emerson/VISTA www.eso.orgReproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
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Trifid Nebula, Messier 16 – Pillars of Creation Business Card

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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae seriesA fantastic business card template showing the massive star factory known as the Trifid Nebula.It was captured in all its glory with the Wide-Field Imager camera attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.So named for the dark dust bands that trisect its glowing heart, the Trifid Nebula is a rare combination of three nebulae types that reveal the fury of freshly formed stars and point to more star birth in the future. The field of view of the image is approximately 13 x 17 arcminutes.It's an awe-inspiring, breathtaking image that reveals some of the wonder that is our universe.All items with this imageAll items in the Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae seriesImage code: trfdnblESO/J. Emerson/VISTA www.eso.orgReproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
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