The Bright Star Cluster IC 4651: Wide-field View | ESO

The Bright Star Cluster IC 4651: Wide-field View | ESO

This wide-field view of the sky around the cluster IC 4651 was created from photographic material forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The cluster itself is the clump of faint stars in the central part of the picture. The bright star at the left is Alpha Arae, one of the brightest stars in the constellation of Ara (The Altar).

Distance: 3,000 light years

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

Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: August 19, 2015

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The Rich Star Cluster IC 4651 | ESO

The Rich Star Cluster IC 4651 | ESO

This pan video gives a close-up view of a rich array of colorful stars known as IC 4651. It was captured by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera, on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile.

Distance: 3,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: August 19, 2015

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Zooming in on Star Cluster IC 4651 | ESO

Zooming in on Star Cluster IC 4651 | ESO

This video starts with a view of the southern Milky Way and takes us on a journey towards the open star cluster IC 4651, in the constellation of Ara (The Altar). The MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile captured the final rich and colorful close-up view.

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

Duration: 56 seconds

Release Date: August 19, 2015

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The Rich Star Cluster IC 4651 | ESO

The Rich Star Cluster IC 4651 | ESO

This rich view of a tapestry of colorful stars was captured by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera, on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It shows a open cluster of stars known as IC 4651, a stellar grouping that lies at in the constellation of Ara (The Altar).

Distance: 3,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: August 19, 2015

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Highlights of 3 Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula & Omega Nebula | ESO

Highlights of 3 Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula & Omega Nebula | ESO

This compilation shows a few of the many highlights in an enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) VLT Survey Telescope (VST) that includes the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula, and the Omega Nebula.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO) 

Release Date: June 14, 2017

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3 Spectacular Nebulae (labeled): Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula & Omega Nebula | ESO

3 Spectacular Nebulae (labeled): Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula & Omega Nebula | ESO

Two of the sky’s more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbor in this enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST). On the right lies the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is in the center, and the Omega Nebula (Messier 17) to the left. This cosmic trio makes up just a portion of a vast complex of gas and dust within which new stars are springing to life and illuminating their surroundings.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: June 14, 2017

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Highlights of Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula, Omega Nebula | ESO

Highlights of Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula & Omega Nebula | ESO

This pan video shows a few of the many highlights in an enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) that includes the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula and the Omega Nebula.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: June 14, 2017

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Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula, Omega Nebula | ESO

Three Nebulae: Sharpless 2-54, Eagle Nebula, Omega Nebula | ESO

Three spectacular nebulae in one image

Two of the sky’s more famous residents share the stage with a lesser-known neighbor in this enormous three gigapixel image from the European Southern Observatory’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST). On the right lies the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) is in the center, and the Omega Nebula (Messier 17) to the left. This cosmic trio makes up just a portion of a vast complex of gas and dust within which new stars are springing to life and illuminating their surroundings.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: June 14, 2017

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187: Wide-field View | ESO

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187: Wide-field View | ESO

This wide-field view is centered on the spiral galaxy NGC 1187 in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). It is a color composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The distorted companion galaxy ESO 480-G020 can be seen to the upper-right of NGC 1187, close to a star. The bright star at the bottom of the picture is Tau3 Eridani.

Distance: 60 million light years

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

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187: Location of Supernova 2007Y | ESO

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187: Location of Supernova 2007Y | ESO

This picture taken with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows the galaxy NGC 1187. This impressive spiral lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1187 has hosted two supernova explosions during the last thirty years, the latest one in 2007. Type Ib supernova 2007Y is still faintly visible in this picture and is marked with a circle. 

A supernova is the biggest explosion that humans have ever seen. Each blast is the extremely bright, super-powerful explosion of a star. Type Ib supernovae are formed when a massive star collapses under its own gravity. This star must have had its outer envelope of hydrogen stripped away, because we observe no hydrogen in the spectra of these objects. However, we do observe the second ‘onion layer’ of helium.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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Panning across Distant Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

Panning across Distant Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

This pan video takes a close look at an image taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) showing the galaxy NGC 1187. This impressive spiral lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1187 has hosted two supernova explosions during the last thirty years, the latest one in 2007.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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Zooming in on Far Away Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

Zooming in on Far Away Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO 

Travel 60 million light years in a minute. This zoom video sequence starts with a wide view of the large but faint constellation of Eridanus (The River), not far from the more familiar form of Orion (The Hunter). As we zoom in we see a small patch of light that proves to be an attractive spiral galaxy named NGC 1187. The detailed final view shows a new VLT image of this object.

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

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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A Galaxy Far Away: Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

A Galaxy Far Away: Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

This picture taken with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows the galaxy NGC 1187. This impressive spiral lies about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). NGC 1187 has hosted two supernova explosions during the last thirty years, the latest one in 2007.

Distance: 60 million light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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Teams Review Options for Artemis I Moon Launch | This Week @NASA

Teams Review Options for Artemis I Moon Launch | This Week @NASA 

Week of September 9, 2022: Teams review options for the next Artemis I launch attempt, the National Space Council meets in Houston, and Webb captures a new image of a cosmic tarantula . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Producer: Lacey Young

Editor: Sonnet Apple

Credit: NASA

Duration: 3 minutes, 33 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 9, 2022

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Pan of the Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

Pan of the Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

This pan video gives a close-up look at a new image of the strikingly colorful emission nebula, called LHA 120-N55 from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Light from blazing blue stars energizes the gas left over from the stars’ recent formation to create a mantle of glowing gas. Astronomers study these beautiful displays to learn about the conditions in places where new stars develop.

Distance: 160,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: June 3, 2016

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Zooming in Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

Zooming in Glowing Gas Cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

This zoom sequence takes us on a journey of 160, 000 light-years to one of our neighboring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud. In the final image, taken with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), light from blazing blue stars energizes the gas left over from the stars’ recent formation to create a strikingly colorful emission nebula, called LHA 120-N55, in which the stars are adorned with a mantle of glowing gas. Astronomers study these beautiful displays to learn about the conditions in places where new stars develop.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 48 seconds

Release Date: June 3, 2016

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