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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Head of Seagull Nebula. Optical image of part of the stellar nursery known as the Seagull Nebula. This portion of the nebula, a glowing cloud of hydrogen gas and dust, is the head of the 'seagull'. It is known as Sh 2-292, RCW 2 and Gum 1. It glows due to the energetic radiation from a very hot young star inside it. This nebula is around 3500 light years distant in the constellation of Monoceros. This image was obtained by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) sensor on the MPG/ESO telescope. Image published in 2012.

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