The ESO has released a three gigapixel image that captures three beautiful astronomical objects – the famous Eagle Nebula, the Omega Nebula, and the lesser known Sharpless 2-54 – in its scope. The image is in fact a mosaic made from hundreds of smaller (yet still massive) 256 megapixel images, that were captured by the ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, located at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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