# The Firework Nebula: the story behind the codename

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/the-firework-nebula-the-story-behind-the-codename/8424>\
**Category:** Integration Support\
**Tags:** blog\
**Created:** [May 9, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/the-firework-nebula-the-story-behind-the-codename/8424 "2020-05-09T09:38:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![amarti](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/amarti/32/6290_2.png) [@amarti](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/amarti)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/the-firework-nebula-the-story-behind-the-codename/8424/1 "2020-05-09T09:38:28Z")

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![fireworks_nebula](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/opennebula/original/2X/9/994fd89ed71f12f79be6709ad708225a771e300c.jpeg)

🔭 Following our tradition—and to celebrate the integration of Firecracker as a new supported hypervisor/VMM— **OpenNebula 5.12** has been codenamed after the **Firework Nebula**. That’s why we have invited astrophysicist **Jordi Burguet-Castell** to write a guest post telling us more about this spectacular astronomical object…

Enjoy the reading! 🤓 [https://opennebula.io/the-firework-nebula](https://opennebula.io/the-firework-nebula)

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**Author:** ![FrancJP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/francjp/32/7690_2.png) [@FrancJP](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/FrancJP)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/the-firework-nebula-the-story-behind-the-codename/8424/2 "2025-06-25T16:05:46Z")

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