Stellar Nursery Blooms into View | ESO

Stellar Nursery Blooms into View | ESO

ESOcast 142 Light: The OmegaCAM imager on the European Southern Observatory’s VLT Survey Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured a glittering view of the stellar nursery called Sharpless 29. Many astronomical phenomena can be seen in the giant image, including cosmic dust and gas clouds that reflect, absorb, and re-emit the light of hot young stars within the nebula.

This short video gives you a quick tour of this remarkable picture.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Directed by: Nico Bartmann

Editing: Nico Bartmann

Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Rosa Jesse, Izumi Hansen and Richard Hook

Music: Music written and performed by: Stan Dart 

Footage and photos: ESO, M. Kornmesser, N. Risinger, S. Guisard 

Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Duration: 1 minute, 16 seconds

Release Date: December 13, 2017

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