The image was taken with ESOs Atacama Pathfinder Experiment APEX telescope, which gets its name from its location in the Atacama Desert in Chile. This radio telescope is located at a very high elevation of 5,064 meters above sea level, in a very dry region, which helps it to see far out into space without being impeded by water in the Earths atmosphere. Researchers used the SuperCam instrument on...
See the dramatic and beautiful flame nebula in Orion
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