Description:
NGC 2547 is a young open star cluster in the constellation Vela, located about 1,300 light-years from Earth. At just about 30 million years old, it is dominated by hot, blue-white stars, giving it a clean and luminous appearance.
Most of the original gas and dust has already dispersed, so the cluster appears sharp and well defined, with a blue reflection nebulosity caused by interstellar dust scattering starlight.
The 2 panels mosaic shows the tumultuous dark features over the hydrogen clouds next to the calm blue reflection nebula NGC2547.