Tag Archive for 'FORS2'

This VLT image shows Gum 46, a nebula located 5,500 light-years away in the constellation of Crux. Image credit: ESO.

Very Large Telescope Spots Pink Nebula: Gum 46

May 13, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have produced this beautiful image of the gas cloud Gum 46. This VLT image shows Gum 46, a nebula...

This artist’s impression shows the millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 stealing gas from its companion star. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser.

Matter Ejections Explain Peculiar High-Low Mode Switches in Distant Millisecond Pulsar

Aug 30, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

The millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 is known to switch between two brightness modes almost constantly, something that until now has been an enigma. This...

This image, taken with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the emission nebula Gum 10. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Focuses on Emission Nebula Gum 10

May 3, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope have captured a striking new image of the large emission nebula Gum 10. This image,...

This artist’s illustration shows the ejection of a cloud of debris after NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser.

VLT Observes Aftermath of Collision between DART and Dimorphos

Mar 21, 2023 by News Staff

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos in a controlled test of our asteroid deflection capabilities. The...

This new view of the Cone Nebula was captured with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Image credit: ESO.

ESO Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary with Stunning View of Cone Nebula

Nov 10, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

On October 5, 1962, five countries agreed to create the European Southern Observatory (ESO) through the signature of a convention. Now, six decades later...

This image of NGC 7727 was captured by the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Sees Spectacular Cosmic Collision: NGC 7727

Aug 16, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph 2 (FORS2) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have taken a picture of...

This image shows two spiral galaxies: NGC 4567 (left) and NGC 4568 (right). The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. It is based on data obtained through four filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: ESO.

Astronomers Observe Pair of Colliding Spiral Galaxies

Jan 25, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

ESO astronomers have released an absolutely beautiful photo taken by the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph 2 (FORS2) instrument on ESO’s...

This image, taken by the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the grand design spiral galaxy Messier 99. It is based on data obtained through four filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Observes Grand Design Spiral Galaxy Messier 99

Jun 7, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

ESO has released a beautiful photo taken by the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph 2 (FORS2) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the spiral...

This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the HII region DG121, which is also known as RCW 7, GAL 232.62+01.00, and IRAS 07299-1651. The brightest star in DG121, seen near the center in the picture, is HD 60068. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Observes Huge Cloud of Ionized Hydrogen

May 11, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have taken a picture of DG121, a HII region located in the constellation of Puppis. This image, taken with...

This composite image shows the barred spiral galaxy Messier 61. The color image is made up of observations from the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph 2 (FORS2) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory in Chile in the near-infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. It is based on data obtained through six filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / ESO / J. Lee / PHANGS-HST Team.

Hubble Captures Stunning New Image of Messier 61

Apr 5, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing new photo of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 61. This composite image...

An artist’s impression of what the surface of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov might look like. Image credit: ESO / M. Kormesser.

Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov is One of Most Pristine Comets Known

Mar 31, 2021 by News Staff

Two teams of astronomers have performed polarimetric observations of 2I/Borisov, the first active extrasolar comet ever detected in our Solar System, using...

This image, taken by the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the emission nebula Sharpless 2-305. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Focuses on Emission Nebula Sharpless 2-305

Mar 30, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have produced a spectacularly detailed image of a bubble of hot hydrogen gas called Sharpless 2-305...

This image, taken by the FORS 2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the Skull Nebula, a planetary nebula 1,671 light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Snaps Stunning Image of Skull Nebula

Nov 2, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured a beautiful image of a planetary nebula called the Skull Nebula. This image, taken by...

This artist’s impression shows a supermassive black hole in the center of SDSS J1030+0524 and six galaxies -- four Lyman-break galaxies and two Lyman-alpha emitting galaxies -- trapped in its gas web. The large web-like structure extends over 300 times the size of the Milky Way. Image credit: L. Calçada / ESO.

Web of the Giant: Astronomers Spot Six Galaxies around Monster Quasar

Oct 2, 2020 by News Staff

Using the MUSE and FORS2 instruments on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have spotted a group of six galaxies around SDSS J1030+0524, a...

This image, taken by the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph 2 (FORS2) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, shows the small, moderately bright reflection nebula NGC 1788. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Captures Most Detailed Image Ever Seen of NGC 1788

Mar 15, 2019 by News Staff

ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a stunning new photo of NGC 1788, a reflection nebula located in a dark and often neglected corner of the...

This vivid picture of NGC 2467 was captured with the FORS2 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Image credit: ESO.

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Observes NGC 2467

Oct 25, 2018 by News Staff

The Very Large Telescope (VLT), a telescope facility operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern...

This image shows spectacular ribbons of gas and dust wrapping around the pearly center of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1398. Image credit: ESO.

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Snaps Beautiful Photo of NGC 1398

Jan 2, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1398 in striking detail. This image shows spectacular ribbons of gas and...