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Thursday, September 08, 2022

Star Cluster NGC 3572: Wide-field View | ESO

Star Cluster NGC 3572: Wide-field View | ESO

This wide-field image shows the patch of sky around the star cluster NGC 3572 and its associated gas clouds. 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: November 13, 2013

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A Close Look at Star Cluster NGC 3572 | ESO

A Close Look at Star Cluster NGC 3572 | ESO

The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured one of the best images so far of star cluster NGC 3572, a gathering of young stars, and its spectacular surroundings. This video sequence takes a close look at how the clouds of gas and dust around the cluster have been sculpted into whimsical bubbles, arcs and the odd features known as elephant trunks by the stellar winds flowing from the bright stars. The brightest of these cluster stars are heavier than the Sun and will end their short lives as supernova explosions.

Distance: about 9,000 light-years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/G. Beccari

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: November 19, 2013

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Zooming in on Star Cluster NGC 3572 | ESO

Zooming in on Star Cluster NGC 3572 | ESO

This zoom sequence starts with a broad panorama of the southern sky and closes in on a region of star formation centered on the cluster NGC 3572. The final detailed view was obtained using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory's La Silla Observatory in Chile. It shows how the clouds of gas and dust around the cluster have been sculpted into whimsical bubbles, arcs and the odd features known as elephant trunks by the stellar winds flowing from the bright stars.

Distance: about 9,000 light-years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/G. Beccari/Nick Risinger

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: November 19, 2013

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Star Cluster NGC 3572 in Carina | ESO

Star Cluster NGC 3572 in Carina | ESO

The Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured one of the best images of the star cluster NGC 3572, a gathering of young stars, and its spectacular surroundings. This image shows how the clouds of gas and dust around the cluster have been sculpted into whimsical bubbles, arcs and the odd features known as elephant trunks by the stellar winds flowing from the bright stars. The brightest of these cluster stars are heavier than the Sun and will end their short lives as supernova explosions.

Distance: about 9,000 light-years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/G. Beccari

Release Date: November 13, 2013

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Wednesday, September 07, 2022

The Sky around Binary Star System Apep | ESO

The Sky around Binary Star System Apep | ESO

The image is a color composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), and shows the region surrounding 2XMM J160050.7-514245, nicknamed “Apep”. The field of view is approximately 2.4 x 2.0 degrees.

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

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: November 19, 2018

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A Tour of The Cosmic Serpent | ESO

A Tour of The Cosmic Serpent | ESO

ESOcast 185 Light: The VISIR camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) captured this stunning image of a newly-discovered massive binary star system. Nicknamed Apep after an ancient Egyptian deity, it could be the first gamma-ray burst progenitor to be found in our galaxy.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Directed by: Nico Bartmann

Editing: Nico Bartmann

Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Sara Rigby and Calum Turner

Footage and photos: European Southern Observatory, Digitized Sky Survey 2, F. Kamphues, N. Risinger, Callingham et al., NAOJ, L. Calçada, NASA, SDO, M. Kornmesser

Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen

Duration: 1 minute, 28 seconds

Release Date: November 19, 2018

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Zooming in on Binary Star System Apep | ESO

Zooming in on Binary Star System Apep | ESO

This zoom video starts with a wide view of the Milky Way and ends with a close-up look at the serpentine swirls of dust surrounding a newly-discovered massive binary star system. Nicknamed Apep after an ancient Egyptian deity, it could be the first gamma-ray burst progenitor to be found in our galaxy.

Distance: about 8,000 light years

The reddish pinwheel shown in this final image of this video is data from the VISIR instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), and shows the spectacular plumes of dust surrounding Apep. The blue sources at the center of the image are a triple star system—which consists of a binary star system and a companion single star bound together by gravity. Though only two star-like objects are visible in the image, the lower source is in fact an unresolved binary Wolf-Rayet star. The triple star system was captured by the NACO adaptive optics instrument on the VLT.

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

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: November 19, 2018

Coils of Apep: A Binary Star System | ESO

Coils of Apep: A Binary Star System | ESO

The VISIR instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) captured this stunning image of a massive binary star system. Nicknamed Apep after an ancient Egyptian deity, it could be the first gamma-ray burst progenitor to be found in our galaxy.

Distance: about 8,000 light years

Apep’s stellar winds have created the dust cloud surrounding the system, which consists of a binary star with a fainter companion. With 2 Wolf-Rayet stars orbiting each other in the binary, the serpentine swirls surrounding Apep are formed by the collision of two sets of powerful stellar winds, which create the spectacular dust plumes seen in the image.

The reddish pinwheel in this image is data from the VISIR instrument on European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, and shows the spectacular plumes of dust surrounding Apep. The blue sources at the center of the image are a triple star system—which consists of a binary star system and a companion single star bound together by gravity. Though only two star-like objects are visible in the image, the lower source is in fact an unresolved binary Wolf-Rayet star. The triple star system was captured by the NACO adaptive optics instrument on the VLT.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Callingham et al.

Release Date: November 19, 2018

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Westerlund 2 Star Cluster: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

Westerlund 2 Star Cluster: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

This is an image from the Digitized Sky Survey showing star cluster Westerlund 2 and its surroundings.

Distance: 20,000 light years

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: April 23, 2015

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Westerlund 2 Star Cluster Image Gallery | Hubble

Westerlund 2 Star Cluster Image Gallery | Hubble

Star-forming Region Gum 29

Pillars around Westerlund 2

New Stars around Westerlund 2

Image 1

Some of the heftiest stars in Westerlund 2 are carving deep cavities in material surrounding them by unleashing torrents of ultraviolet light and high speed streams of charged particles, known as stellar winds. These are etching away the enveloping hydrogen gas cloud in which the stars were born and are responsible for the weird and wonderful shapes of the clouds of gas and dust in this image.

Image 2

These pillars are composed of dense gas and dust are a few light-years tall and point to the central cluster. They are thought to be incubators for new stars. Besides sculpting the gaseous terrain, intense radiation from the most brilliant of the cluster stars is creating a successive generation of baby stars.

Image 3

These stellar foetuses have not yet ignited the hydrogen in their cores to light-up as stars. However, Hubble’s near-infrared vision allows astronomers to identify these fledglings. The brilliant blue stars seen throughout the image are mostly in the foreground.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team

Release Date: April 23, 2015

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Astronauts Pose for Dinnertime Portrait | International Space Station

Astronauts Pose for Dinnertime Portrait | International Space Station

(Clockwise from left) Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins, and Kjell Lindgren, all from NASA, and Samantha Cristoforetti from the European Space Agency (ESA), pose for a portrait during dinnertime in the Unity module of the International Space Station.

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 ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: July 11, 2022

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Westerlund 2 Star Cluster: Fulldome View | Hubble

Westerlund 2 Star Cluster: Fulldome View | Hubble

This fulldome clip, for use by planetariums, explores the image of star cluster Westerlund 2, taken by the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope and released to celebrate its 25th year in orbit in 2015. The clip is rendered for uni-directional domes.

Credit: NASA & European Space Agency, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), L. Calcada (ESO and ESA/Hubble) and the Westerlund 2 Science Team

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: April 23, 2015

Flight through Star Cluster Westerlund 2 — Extended Version | Hubble

Flight through Star Cluster Westerlund 2 — Extended Version | Hubble

This video shows a flight through Hubble’s close-up view of star cluster Westerlund 2, released to celebrate the telescope's 25th year in orbit back in 2015.

Distance: about 20,000 light years

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, G. Bacon, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and F. Summers (Viz3D Team, STScI), and J. Anderson (STScI)

Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team, and ESO

Duration: 1 minute, 26 seconds

Release Date: April 23, 2015

Flight through Star Cluster Westerlund 2 — Fast Version | Hubble

Flight through Star Cluster Westerlund 2 — Fast Version | Hubble

This video shows a flight through Hubble’s close-up view of star cluster Westerlund 2, released to celebrate the telescope's 25th year in orbit back in 2015.

Distance: about 20,000 light years

Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon, L. Frattare, Z. Levay, and F. Summers (Viz3D Team, STScI), and J. Anderson (STScI)

Acknowledgment: NASA, European Space Agency, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team, and European Southern Observatory

Duration: 46 seconds

Release Date: April 23, 2015

The Star Cluster Westerlund 2: Close-up View | Hubble

The Star Cluster Westerlund 2: Close-up View | Hubble

Westerlund 2 is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina. This image shows the sparkling centerpiece of Hubble's 25th anniversary tribute in 2015.

Hubble's near-infrared imaging camera pierces through the dusty veil enshrouding the stellar nursery, giving astronomers a clear view of the dense concentration of stars in the central cluster.

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team

Release Date: April 23, 2015

Pan across Star Cluster Westerlund 2 | Hubble

Pan across Star Cluster Westerlund 2 | Hubble

This video shows a pan across an image of star cluster Westerlund 2, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space telescope and released to celebrate its 25th year in orbit in 2015.

Distance: about 20,000 light years

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: April 23, 2015

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