Thursday, August 11, 2022

Zooming in on Planetary Nebula Fleming 1 | ESO

Zooming in on Planetary Nebula Fleming 1 | ESO

This video starts with a wide field view of the spectacular southern part of the Milky Way. We close in gradually on a small bubble of glowing gas in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). This is the planetary nebula Fleming 1, glowing gas shells and symmetrical jets around an aging pair of stars. The final detailed view comes from the FORS2 instrument on the Very Large Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile.


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Nick Risinger

Music: delmo "acoustic"

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: November 8, 2012


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Nebula #PlanetaryNebula #Fleming1 #Centaurus #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #FORS2 #ParanalObservatory #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Planetary Nebula Fleming 1 | ESO’s Very Large Telescope

Planetary Nebula Fleming 1 | ESO’s Very Large Telescope


This European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (VLT) image shows the planetary nebula Fleming 1 in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). This striking object is a glowing cloud of gas around a dying star. Observations have shown that it is likely that a very rare pair of white dwarf stars lies at the heart of this object. Their orbital motions can fully explain the remarkably symmetric structures of the jets in the surrounding gas clouds in this and similar objects.

Distance: 10,000 light years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/H. Boffin

Release Date: November 8, 2012


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Nebula #PlanetaryNebula #Fleming1 #Centaurus #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education


Wednesday, August 10, 2022

The Merging Galaxy Pair NGC 4568 & NGC 4567 | NOIRLab

The Merging Galaxy Pair NGC 4568 & NGC 4567 | NOIRLab

Cosmoview Episode 50: A new image captured by the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies—NGC 4568 and NGC 4567—as they begin to clash and merge. These galaxies are entangled by their mutual gravitational field and will eventually combine to form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years. Also visible in the image is the glowing remains of a supernova that was detected in 2020.


Credit:

Images and Videos: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/F. Summers (STScI), G. Besla (Columbia University), and R. van der Marel (STScI)  

Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)  

Music: Stellardrone - A Moment of Stillness

Duration: 1 minute, 26 seconds

Release Date: August 10, 2022


#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #Spiral #NGC4568 #NGC4567 #Virgo #Constellation #GeminiNorth #Cosmos #Universe #Observatory #Telescope #Optical #NOIRLab #AURA #NSF #MaunaKea #Hawaii #UnitedStates #Canada #STEM #Education #HD #Video



Zooming in on Merging Spiral Galaxies | Gemini North Telescope

Zooming in on Merging Spiral Galaxies | Gemini North Telescope

Zoom in reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies—NGC 4568 and NGC 4567—as they begin to clash and merge. These galaxies are entangled by their mutual gravitational field and will eventually combine to form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years. Also visible in the image is the glowing remains of a supernova that was detected in 2020.


Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Music: Zero-project - Through the Looking Glass

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: July 30, 2022


#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #Spiral #NGC4568 #NGC4567 #Virgo #Constellation #GeminiNorth #Cosmos #Universe #Observatory #Telescope #Optical #NOIRLab #AURA #NSF #MaunaKea #Hawaii #UnitedStates #Canada #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Merging Galaxy Pair NGC 4568 & NGC 4567 | Gemini North Telescope

Merging Galaxy Pair NGC 4568 & NGC 4567 | Gemini North Telescope

This image from the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies—NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top)—as they begin to clash and merge. The galaxies will eventually form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years.


Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF's NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF's NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

Release Date: August 9, 2022


#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #Spiral #NGC4568 #NGC4567 #Virgo #Constellation #GeminiNorth #Cosmos #Universe #Observatory #Telescope #Optical #NOIRLab #AURA #NSF #MaunaKea #Hawaii #UnitedStates #Canada #STEM #Education

Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1: Wide-field View | ESO

Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1: Wide-field View | ESO


This image shows the sky around the location of ESO 378-1. This planetary nebula shows up clearly as a blue disc at the center of the picture. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: August 5, 2015


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Nebula #PlanetaryNebula #ESO3781 #Hydra #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education

Panning across Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | ESO

Panning across Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | ESO

This extraordinary bubble, glowing like the ghost of a star in the haunting darkness of space, may appear supernatural and mysterious, but it is a familiar astronomical object—a planetary nebula, the remnants of a dying star. This video pan sequence gives a close-up view of what is the best image of the little-known object ESO 378-1 yet obtained and was captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.

Distance: 3,500 light years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 25 seconds

Release Date: August 5, 2015


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Nebula #ESO3781 #Hydra #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #ParanalObservatory #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Zooming in on Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | ESO

Zooming in on Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | ESO

This video sequence starts from a wide field of the Milky Way and closes in on a rather empty patch of sky in the huge constellation of Hydra. A strange blue disc becomes visible—the planetary nebula ESO 378-1. The final very detailed view comes from ESO’s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Distance: 3,500 light years


Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger 

Music: Johan B. Monell

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: August 5, 2015


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Nebula #ESO3781 #Hydra #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #ParanalObservatory #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Planetary Nebula ESO 378-1 | European Southern Observatory


This extraordinary bubble, glowing like the ghost of a star in the haunting darkness of space, may appear supernatural and mysterious, but it is a familiar astronomical object—a planetary nebula, the remnants of a dying star. This is the best view of the little-known object ESO 378-1 yet obtained and was captured by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.

Distance: 3,500 light years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: August 5, 2015


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Stars #Nebula #PlanetaryNebula #ESO3781 #Hydra #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education

The Toby Jug Nebula: Wide-field View | ESO

The Toby Jug Nebula: Wide-field View | ESO

This wide-field image shows the patch of sky around the Toby Jug Nebula (IC 2220). This view was created from photographs forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The spikes and blue circles around the stars in this picture are artifacts of the telescope and the photographic process.


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: October 9, 2013


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Star #HD65750 #Nebula #ReflectionNebula #TobyJugNebula #IC2220 #Carina #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education

Panning across The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO

Panning across The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO

Located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Carina (The Ship's Keel), the Toby Jug Nebula, more formally known as IC 2220, is an example of a reflection nebula. It is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by the central star, designated HD 65750. This pan video gives a closer look at this rare object. 

Distance: 1,200 light-years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: October 15, 2013


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Star #HD65750 #Nebula #ReflectionNebula #TobyJugNebula #IC2220 #Carina #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #ParanalObservatory #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Zooming into The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO

Zooming into The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO

This video sequence starts with a view of the spectacular Milky Way. As we zoom in, we can see the constellation of Carina (The Keel) and then the curious shape of the Toby Jug Nebula as captured in an image from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Distance: 1,200 light-years


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Nick Risinger 

Music: movetwo

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: October 15, 2013


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Star #HD65750 #Nebula #ReflectionNebula #TobyJugNebula #IC2220 #Carina #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #ParanalObservatory #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover: New August 2022 Images | JPL

NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover: New August 2022 Images | JPL


MSL - sol 3556 - Mastcam
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - sol 3553 - Mastcam
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
MSL - sol 3549 - Mastcam
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
MSL - sol 3555 - Mastcam
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars


For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov

Image Release Dates: August 3-9, 2022


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Mars #RedPlanet #Planet #Astrobiology #Geology #Boulders #MountSharp #GaleCrater #Curiosity #Rover #Robotics #Technology #Engineering #JPL #California #UnitedStates #JourneyToMars #CitizenScience #STEM #Education

Sun Illuminates Earth's Limb above Pacific Ocean | International Space Station

Sun Illuminates Earth's Limb above Pacific Ocean | International Space Station


The sun illuminates Earth's limb as the International Space station soared 271 miles above the Pacific Ocean south of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

Expedition 67 Crew
Commander Oleg Artemyev (Russia)
Roscosmos Flight Engineers: Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (Russia)
NASA Flight Engineers: Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins (USA)
European Space Agency (ESA) Flight Engineer: Samantha Cristoforetti (Italy)

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the  International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on the station: 

https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station: https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation

STEM is an acronym for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.


Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: July 31, 2022


#NASA #ISS #Sun #Star #Earth #Planet #Science #PacificOcean #Pacific #Ocean #Tasmania #Australia #EarthObservation #Astronauts #Expedition67 #Technology #Photography #JSC #OverviewEffect #OrbitalPerspective #STEM #Education

The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO's Very Large Telescope

The Toby Jug Nebula | ESO's Very Large Telescope


Located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Carina (The Ship’s Keel), the Toby Jug Nebula, more formally known as IC 2220, is an example of a reflection nebula. It is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by the central star, designated HD 65750.


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: October 9, 2013


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Star #HD65750 #Nebula #ReflectionNebula #TobyJugNebula #IC2220 #Carina #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #VLT #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education

Part of The Coalsack Nebula (Fulldome View) | ESO

Part of The Coalsack Nebula (Fulldome View) | ESO

This is a fulldome video for planetariums showing part of the Coalsack Nebula.

Distance: 600 light years

Note: The full dome video display format is designed for projection systems in planetariums.


Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/T. Matsopoulos

Duration: 19 seconds

Release Date: October 14, 2015


#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Stars #Nebula #CoalsackNebula #TGUH1867 #Crux #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #FullDome #Planetarium #Visualization #HD #Video