Lobster Nebula – birthplace of stars – revealed in infrared

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In the constellation of Scorpius lies the Lobster Nebula. In the middle of  the nebula shines  a pale shade of purple. Vista,  is a telescope that uses the infraroig to see the cosmos and this,  penetrates much of the dust that cloaks the nebula. The advantatges of infrared telescopes is that it can spot features that visible-light images fail to show. Vista, is the largest telescope in the world, and we can   scanning the Milky Way  to map our galaxy's structure and learn more things how it  formed.