NGC 2899 a bubble of gas taht resembles like a butterfly

Space butterfly captured by Astronomers

NGC 2899 a bubble of gas taht resembles like a butterfly
NGC 2899 a bubble of gas taht resembles like a butterfly

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s  (ESO) gigantic telescopein Northern Chile  shot the picture of NGC 28990 a bubble of  gas resembling a butterfly. The “space butterfly” is localted between 3, 000 to 6, 500 light-years away in the.Southern constellation of Vela.

NGC 2899’s vast swathes of gas can reach temperatures of over 10, 000 °C.

NGC 2899 was discovered in 1835 by UK astronomer John Herschel.