... Science User Portal . ... ESO, the European Southern Observatory . ... Travel to E-ELT Armazones . ... Stars@ESO . ... Catch a Star 2013 . ... This picture of the nebula around a rare yellow hypergiant star called IRAS 17163-3907 is the best ever taken of a star in this class and shows for the first time a huge dusty double shell surrounding the central hypergiant. The star and its shells resemble an egg white around a yolky centre, leading astronomers to nickname the object the Fried Egg Nebula. ...