Sharpless 29 Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (16x16) Spectacular jets are powered by

Spectacular jets are powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A

The exposure times were ten minutes per filter

Another pair of jets is visible at another peak near the centre of the image

Credit: ESO/G

of merging galaxies

Sharpless 29 Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (16x16) Spectacular jets are powered byThe OmegaCAM imager on ESOs VLT Survey Telescope has captured this glittering view of the stellar nursery called Sharpless 29. Many astronomical phenomena can be seen in this giant image, including cosmic dust and gas clouds that reflect, absorb, and re emit the light of hot young stars within the nebula. Credit: ESO