Monoceros R2 Android Phone Case T-shirts the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

The Hubble image of the Bubble Nebula

Gas on the star gets so hot that it escapes away into space as a "stellar wind" moving at over 4 million miles per hour

Captured in astounding detail by ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)

An image of the emission nebula NGC 6188 taken by ESO's 3

Monoceros R2 Android Phone Case T-shirts the Wide-field Infrared Survey ExplorerThis dramatic infrared image shows the nearby star formation region Monoceros R2, located some 2700 light years away in the constellation of Monoceros (the Unicorn). The picture was created from exposures in the near infrared bands Y, J and Ks taken by the VISTA survey telescope at ESOs Paranal Observatory. Monoceros R2 is an association of massive hot young stars illuminating a beautiful collection of reflection nebulae, embedded in a large molecular