... ESO is building what will be the World's largest optical telescope array, The Very Large Telescope (VLT). The VLT Project organisation is responsible for the design and construction of the Unit Telescopes, including enclosures, optics, adapter-rotators and coating unit. ... Unit Telescopes Overview - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Secondary mirror (M2 Unit) - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ... Coating Unit - This page is outdated, an update is in process. ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...

... 2016 February 26 . The Tarantula Nebula . ... Explanation: The Tarantula Nebula is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud , about 180 thousand light-years away. ... But were the Tarantula Nebula closer, say 1,500 light-years distant like the local star forming Orion Nebula , it would take up half the sky. ... About APOD | ... NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply . ...

... LL Ori and the Orion Nebula . ... Herschel s Andromeda . ... Full Moon Silhouettes . ... Clouds of glowing gas mingle with dust lanes in the Trifid Nebula, a star forming region toward the constellation of the Archer (Sagittarius). ... Comet McNaught of 2007 has been, so far, the most photogenic comet of our time. After making quite a show in the northern hemisphere in early 2007 January, the comet moved south and developed a long and unusual dust tail that dazzled southern hemisphere observers. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Armagh Planetarium . ... Our Galaxy . ... Stars . ... Other Galaxies . ... Space Flight . ... Battling galaxies: This image of a remarkable galactic dynamic duo is based on data selected by Igor Chekalin for ESOтАЩs Hidden Treasures 2010 astrophotography competition. Image credit: ESO) . ... Instead galaxies career across cosmos, sometimes colliding or sometimes passing and tearing other apart, spilling stars into the intergalactic wastes. ...

... International Year of Astronomy in Ireland . ... Christmas Moon", painting by Miruna Popescu, Armagh Observatory, featured as " Lunar photo of the Day " and " Astronomy Sketch of the Day " on 25 December 2009. ... To mark the 400th anniversary of GalileoтАЩs first use of the telescope to observe the sky, 2009 has been celebrated worldwide as the International Year of Astronomy. Moon over Armagh - link to Astronomy Sketch of the Day on 25 December 2009 . ... Monday, 11 May 2009 23:54 . ...

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There is often dust associated with ionized regions. Compact HII regions usually have associated dust from a molecular cloud in which the massive star is being "born". ... For such stars the dust is not produced by the star, and a variety of dust features are observed. The planetary nebulae also usually have associated dust from the previous stage of evolution where they were either carbon stars or M-type giants. ... The feature near 11.5 microns in the IC 418 spectrum may be due to SiC dust. ...

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