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VLT Survey Telescope Captures Spooky Bat Signal in the Sky

The VLT Survey Telescope captured a large star-forming nebula resembling a bat, spanning an area equivalent to four full moons, about 10,000 light-years away.

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A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, right in time for Halloween. Thanks to its wide field of view, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) was able to capture this large cloud of cosmic gas and dust, whose mesmerizing appearance resembles the silhouette of a bat.

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A spooky cosmic bat was spotted fluttering in the Halloween sky of the southern hemisphere: its image was in fact taken by the Vlt Survey Telescope, the telescope of the National Institute of Astrophysics hosted at the Osservat... (ANSA)

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Scientists from the European Southern Observatory made a remarkable discovery on Halloween, the global holiday celebrated worldwide. A large cloud of cosmic gas and dust was identified above the Paranal Observatory, its mesmerizing appearance resembling the silhouette of a bat.

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