Vision of a Stellar Ending Wall Art Size:COSMIC (40 x 40) Also known as the Southern

Also known as the Southern Cross

Nearly a twin in size to Neptune

Green and red represent light at 12 and 22 microns

The nebula was first discovered by Sir John Herschel in 1834

with the help of Brigitte Bailleul — winner of the Tweet Your Way to the VLT

Vision of a Stellar Ending Wall Art Size:COSMIC (40 x 40) Also known as the SouthernMore than 11,000 years ago, a massive, supergiant star came to the end of its life. The star's core collapsed to form an incredibly dense ball of neutrons, and its exterior was blasted away in an immense release of energy astronomers call a supernova. The light from this supernova first reached Earth from the direction of the constellation Cassiopeia around 1667 A. D. If anyone alive at the time saw it, they left no records. It is likely that large