Photos: A New Nebula Discovered By NASA Named as 'The Star Factory'

A New Nebula Discovered By NASA Named as 'The Star Factory"

The nebula was snapped earlier this year by the ESO's Very Large Telescope

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The picture was released on Thursday by the European Southern Observatory (ESO)

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At about 2,500 light-years from Earth, the Cone Nebula is relatively close to us, which makes it easy to observe

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To find the Cone Nebula, scientists turned their telescope towards the Monoceros (unicorn) constellation

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This Telescope is situated in the Atacama desert in Chile

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The Cone Nebula is part of a star-forming region of space, NGC 2264, about 2500 light-years

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