Sharpless 29 Wall Art Android phone case Uranus is the only giant

Uranus is the only giant planet whose equator is nearly at right angles to its orbit

Caption: Kathryn Hansen

but the excellent optical quality of the VLT and FORS allows us to see an incredible wealth of details

and those up to 40 million times fainter than the human eye can see

like a stream of water plowing into a hill of sand

Sharpless 29 Wall Art Android phone case Uranus is the only giantThe 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