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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Очень Большой Телескоп: NGC 2997 http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1163202/eng |
Credit & Copyright: European Southern Observatory
Explanation:
Add another 8-meter telescope to the list of modern optical telescope giants.
Kueyen achieved a first-light photograph of a bright star
on March 1, ahead of schedule.
The
above picture of spiral galaxy
NGC 2997 was taken with
Antu, the first of the four planned
Very Large Telscopes
(VLTs) being built in Chile for the European Southern Observatory.
NGC 2997 is a thin
spiral galaxy tilted about 45 degrees with a
bright compact nucleus and prominent lanes of dark
dust.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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