The European Southern Observatory released a scintillating photo of nebula known as Gum 41 on Wednesday. The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile captured the amazing photo.

Exciting feature of this nebula is that young hot stars present near its centre have been emitting energetic radiation that is making the nearby hydrogen to glow in rose red color.

The glow of rosy red comes as the powerful radiation from the hot young stars excites the hydrogen around them. This agitation makes the gas glow in unique shade of red. The nebula was discovered by Australian astronomer Colin Gum and is placed some 7,300 light-years from earth.

Experts informed that Gum 41 in reality is a small part of a larger arrangement called as Lambda Centauri Nebula. The photo is quite bright, but experts said that a human space traveler would not be able to observe the nebula if it passes through it.

It would happen as the nebula would be too dim for the human eye to see. As per the ESO, light emitted from the nebula spreads quite thinly and the red glow could also not be well observed.

Nebula can be of different types and some nebulae are regions where new stars develop. There are some nebulae that are just the leftovers of dead or dying stars.