article_snippet: An amazing image showing a collection of stars and nebulae has been released by the European Southern Observatory.
article_snippet: In the colourful picture star clusters, emission nebulae and active star-forming regions are seen at a distance of about 4,000 light-years.
article_snippet: In the centre of An amazing image showing a collection of stars and nebulae is the young open cluster NGC 6193, and to the right is the emission nebula NGC 6188, illuminated by the ionising radiation emitted by the brightest nearby stars .
article_snippet: An amazing image showing a collection of stars and nebulae was created using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) the European Southern Observatory.
article_snippet: At the centre of the image is an open star cluster called NGC 6193, which contains about 30 bright stars.
article_snippet: The two brightest are extremely hot and giant stars, which provide illumination for a nearby emission nebula called the Rim Nebula, or NGC 6188.
article_snippet: This includes the extremely bright star HD 150136, at the centre, which is likely to actually be a pair of stars that are extremely close to each other.
article_snippet: The Rim Nebula is towards the right-centre of the image, and is the prominent wall of dark and bright clouds that provides a border to an active star-forming region called RCW 108.
article_snippet: The Rim Nebula is about 300 light-years long and contains young stars that formed as recently as a few million years ago - a blink of an eye in cosmic terms.
article_snippet: At the centre of the image is an open star cluster called NGC 6193, while on the right is The Rim Nebula.
article_snippet: This is a great image for studying what goes on in star formation regions, and how the young stars interact with the young stars surroundings - and also trigger the next generation of star birth.
highlights_snippet: In the most detailed image ever made of a portion of the southern sky can be seen clusters, star-forming regions and nebulae, including the 300 light-year-long NGC 6188 .
  
highlights_snippet: Young and hot stars are also seen at the centre of the composite image, which combines 500 different pictures .
  
highlights_snippet: 'This is a great image for studying what goes on in star formation regions,' an ESO spokesperson told MailOnline .