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The European Space Observatory (ESO) released an image of the “ghostly” remnants in deep space of a giant star explosion that produced a tapestry of colors and waves, and after the massive star’s life ended with a powerful explosion 11,000 years ago, only the subtle composition of pink and orange clouds remains.
Most of the time, when they reach the end of their life, the largest stars end up in an explosion called a supernova.
The image reveals an area of 9 full moons, a mosaic of observations made with the Wide Field Camera of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) Astronomical Survey Telescope.
The camera, which has a resolution of 268 million pixels, can take pictures through different filters that allow the passage of light in different colors.
For this specific image of the rest of the “sail” four different filters were used, represented by a mixture of purple, blue, green and red.
The colorful gas clouds are located 800 light-years from Earth, making it one of the closest supernova remnants to our planet (one light year is 6 trillion miles).
