Rightfully nicknamed the Black Wolf Nebula, it was captured in a 283-megapixel image by the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) of ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. Located in the constellation Scorpius ...

The Black Wolf Nebula, located in the Scorpius constellation, lies about 5,300 light-years from Earth. This dark nebula, part of the larger Gum 55 complex, spans an area the size of four full moons .