Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 22, 2014 #1 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Sneak Preview of Survey Telescope Treasure Trove VST images the Lagoon Nebula The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured this richly detailed new image of the Lagoon Nebula. This giant cloud of gas and dust is creating intensely bright young stars, and is home to young stellar clusters. This image is a tiny part of just one of eleven public surveys of the sky now in progress using ESO telescopes. Together these are providing a vast legacy of publicly available data for the global astronomical community.The Lagoon Nebula is an intriguing object located around 5000 light-years from us in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). Also known as Messier 8, it is a giant cloud 100 light-years across, where new stars are forming within its plumes of gas and dust. This new 16 000-pixel-wide image is from the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), one of two dedicated survey telescopes at ESO's Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. A zoomable version of the image allows the viewers to explore the many nooks and crannies of this fascinating object. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 22, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Zooming in on a new image of the Lagoon Nebula from the VSTThis zoom takes the viewer from a wide view of the central parts of the Milky Way deep into a detailed new picture of the Messier 8 star formation region — the Lagoon Nebula — from the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile.Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: movetwoSource: ESO Observatory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted January 22, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Panning across a new image of the Lagoon Nebula from the VSTThis video sequence gives a close-up look at a richly detailed new image of the Lagoon Nebula captured by the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. This giant cloud of gas and dust is creating intensely bright young stars, and is home to young stellar clusters. This image is a tiny part of just one of eleven public surveys of the sky now in progress using ESO telescopes. Together these are providing a vast legacy of publicly available data for the global astronomical community.Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ teamSource: ESO Observatory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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