{"id":18210,"date":"2019-03-14T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18210"},"modified":"2019-03-13T16:49:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:49:20","slug":"eso-the-cosmic-bat-of-the-orion-constellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=18210","title":{"rendered":"ESO: The Cosmic Bat of the Orion constellation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest ESO<\/a> (European Southern Observatory) report:<\/p>\n

A Cosmic Bat in Flight<\/a>
\n<\/strong>ESO\u2019s Cosmic Gems Programme captures the Cosmic Bat\u2019s dusty clouds<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hidden in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation, this Cosmic Bat is spreading its hazy wings through interstellar space two thousand light-years away. It is illuminated by the young stars nestled in its core\u2009\u2014\u2009despite being shrouded by opaque clouds of dust, their bright rays still illuminate the nebula. Too dim to be discerned by the naked eye, NGC 1788 reveals its soft colours to ESO’s Very Large Telescope in this image \u2014 the most detailed to date.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hidden in one of the darkest corners of the Orion constellation, this Cosmic Bat is spreading its hazy wings through interstellar space two thousand light-years away. It is illuminated by the young stars nestled in its core\u2009\u2014\u2009despite being shrouded by opaque clouds of dust, their bright rays still illuminate the nebula. Too dim to be discerned by the naked eye, NGC 1788 reveals its soft colours to ESO’s Very Large Telescope in this image \u2014 the most detailed to date.<\/p>\n