A wonderful colorful butterfly was seen in space, find out the secret behind it ...!

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The 'Space Butterfly' discovered by astronomers has become a center of curiosity


Washington, Date.  04 August 2020, Tuesday

The image of a giant butterfly-shaped figure in space is being highly liked on social media.  The 'space butterfly' discovered by astronomers has become the center of people's curiosity.  A butterfly made of blue and purple clouds is thousands of light years away.

 However, this is not a butterfly but a balloon-like pattern formed by gas.  The European Southern Observatory (ESO), an agency that monitors astronomical events, says this is in fact a nebula - a huge cloud of gas that can be seen all around a large star and has not yet exploded.  This cloud made of gas has a beautiful shape.  With colorful and distinctive patterns it looks quite like a butterfly.


This butterfly-shaped image was recently taken with the help of a very large telescope.  Called NGC 2899 (NGC stands for New General Catalog, which lists nebulae and other such microscopic astral bodies.) The galaxy is located 3,000 to 6,500 light years from Earth.  According to the ESO, ultraviolet radiation illuminates a gas sphere around the star and produces a lot of luminosity.  Very large telescopes are the most advanced optical devices that capture such activities.


 The European Southern Observatory has shared a picture of 'Space Butterfly' on its Twitter account.  The ESO writes, "Due to its shape, beautiful color and distinctive pattern, there is a wonderful butterfly-shaped gas bubble NGC 2899, which can be seen flying in the sky and its image has been captured by our VLT."

Source: Gujarat Samachar

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