Celestial Symphony iPhone Case Phone:iPhone 7 8 On the long and winding

On the long and winding road to the stars

This gently glowing area of sky is actually a hot bubble of hydrogen gas — named Sh 2-305 — that has been bombarded by intense radiation from nearby stars

350 light-years away

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2

Some dunes have separated from the main field and appear to be climbing up the crater slope along a gully-like form

Celestial Symphony iPhone Case Phone:iPhone 7 8 On the long and windingThis broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK I camera on ESOs Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged. Credit: ESO T. Preibisch