Astronomy Picture of the Day . ... These are the four 8.2 meter wide telescope units of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). A Jet from Galaxy M87 . ... Although the unusual jet was first noticed early in the twentieth century, the exact cause is still debated. ... The center of our Galaxy is obscured in visible light by dark dust that rotates with the stars in the Galactic Plane. ... This false color picture shows how the Earth glows in ultraviolet (UV) light. ...

... All previous such superstars have been found along with many companion stars in the centres of crowded star clusters. The star is known as VFTS 682 from the VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey catalogue of the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) located at Paranal in Chile by means of the attached FLAMES instrument. ... Although VFTS 682 seems to be alone now it is not very far away from a very rich star cluster known as RMC 136 that contains several similar superstars. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Posted on September 11, 2015 | ... Continue Reading.. ... No Comments Peer deep into the constellation Sagittarius and you will find a spectacular young star cluster and its associated stellar nursery. ... Posted on September 14, 2012 | ... No Comments Our Image of the Month was released to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and is a striking panoramic look at a stellar nursery which is [ ] . ...

... ESO PR Photo 03a/01 . ... Caption : PR Photo 03a/01 is a colour composite mosaic image of the central part of the Orion Nebula , based on 81 images obtained with the infrared multi-mode ISAAC instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory. The famous Trapezium stars are seen near the centre and the photo also shows the associated cluster of about one thousand stars, about a million years old. Technical information about this photo is available below. ...

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... 2009 March 3 . The Helix Nebula from La Silla Observatory . ... The Helix Nebula is one of brightest and closest examples of a planetary nebula , a gas cloud created at the end of the life of a Sun-like star. The outer gasses of the star expelled into space appear from our vantage point as if we are looking down a helix . ... A close-up of the inner edge of the Helix Nebula shows complex gas knots of unknown origin . ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

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GALAXIES cenA .tiff 40 Bright Radio Galaxy M31.tiff Nikon Andromeda Galaxy (note HII regions in spiral arms) ngc6744.tiff 40 NGC 6744 a face-on spiral clouds_20d.tiff H'blad The Magellanic Clouds our nearest neighbours Lmc_7.tiff Nikon The Large Magellanic Clouds Lmc_zoom.tiff Nikon Detail of previous image smc_7.tiff Nikon The Small Magellanic Clouds smc-zoom.tiff Nikon Detail of previous image 30dor_40_BVR.tiff 40 The 30 Dor ... B [OIII] Halpha trifid.tiff 40" The Trifid Nebula. ...

Henize 206 is a region of star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud of the approximate scale of the Orion belt and sword. Our Spitzer Space Telescope infrared images and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) optical images show that the region is experiencing very energetic star formation. ... A few percent of the total flux from this brightest region in Henize 206 emanates from infrared peaks of subparsec scale. ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Governance overview . Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Australia Telescope 20GHz Survey . ... THE MARSEILLE OBSERVATORY H SURVEY OF THE SOUTHERN GALACTIC PLANE AND MAGELLANIC CLOUDS . ... The survey of the southern Galactic plane then started at the beginning of 1990. ... Also, the Magellanic Clouds are studied using the same instrument. ... The Survey of the Galactic plane . The Survey of the Magellanic clouds . ...

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