Monoceros R2 Android Phone Case T-shirts The Hubble image of the

The Hubble image of the Bubble Nebula

The merging galaxies

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Gendler combined Hubble data with his own observations to produce this stunning colour image

Image Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

Monoceros R2 Android Phone Case T-shirts The Hubble image of theThis 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