NGC 2467 and Surroundings (VLT + FORS2). (Image
courtesy of European Southern Observatory)
ESO PR Photo 42a/05 shows the area surrounding the
stellar cluster NGC 2467, located in the southern
constellation of Puppis ("The Stern"). With an age of a
few million years at most, it is a very active stellar
nursery, where new stars are born continuously from
large clouds of dust and gas