H II Region | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt t-shirt captures the chaotic activity atop

captures the chaotic activity atop a pillar of gas and dust

and is a supernova remnant

The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas

the dust also scatters blue light from the distant stars and makes the central part of this huge starscape appear very red

formed when the local gas is compressed and heated in front of the rapidly expanding lobes

H II Region | Milky Way Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt t-shirt captures the chaotic activity atopTwo of the skys more famous residents share the stage with a lesser known neighbour in this enormous three gigapixel image from ESOs VLT Survey Telescope (VST). On the right lies the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2 54, the iconic Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is in the centre, and the Omega Nebula (Messier 17) to the left. This cosmic trio makes up just a portion of a vast complex of gas and dust within which new stars are springing to life