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Watch: Telescope captures stunning ‘butterfly’ floating in space [video] – The South African
Resembling a butterfly with its symmetrical structure, beautiful colours, and intricate patterns, it appears to float and flutter across the sky.
The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) located in Paranal, Chile, has captured some breathtaking images over the years, with the latest being a symmetrical bubble of gas which looks like a giant psychedelic butterfly flitting across the universe.
This planetary nebula has never before been imaged in such detail, the ESO notes, “with even the faint outer edges of the planetary nebula glowing over the background stars.”
Resembling a butterfly with its symmetrical st…
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