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The dreadful beauty of Medusa
Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula. As the star at the heart of this nebula made its transition into retirement, it shed its outer layers into space, forming this colorful cloud.
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Wikipedia page about Medusa Nebula
The Medusa Nebula is a large planetary nebula in the constellation of Gemini on the Canis Minor border. -
ESO`s Very Large Telescope
The Very Large Telescope array (VLT) is the flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy at the beginning of the third Millennium.
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