Tag Archive for 'VLT'

This composite image shows the young galaxy cluster CL J1001 in X-rays from Chandra (purple), infrared data from ESO’s UltraVISTA survey (red, green, and blue), and radio waves from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (green). Image credit: X-ray – NASA / CXC / CEA / T. Wang et al; infrared – ESO / UltraVISTA; radio – ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / ALMA.

Astronomers Find Young Galaxy Cluster 11.1 Billion Light-Years Away

Aug 31, 2016 by News Staff

Using five space- and four ground-based telescopes, an international team of astronomers has found the most distant galaxy cluster to date. This composite...

This image of the Orion Nebula was obtained from multiple exposures using VLT’s HAWK-I infrared camera. This is the deepest view ever of this region and reveals more very faint planetary-mass objects than expected. Image credit: H. Drass et al / ESO.

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Peers Deep into Heart of Orion Nebula

Jul 12, 2016 by News Staff

A group of astronomers has used the High Acuity Wide-field K-band Imager (HAWK-I), an infrared instrument installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT)...

This artist’s impression shows a view of the triple-star system HD 131399 (also known as HIP 72940 and 2MASS J14542529-3408342) from close to the Jupiter-like exoplanet orbiting in the system. HD 131399Ab and appears at the lower-left of the picture. Image credit: L. Calcada / ESO.

HD 131399Ab: Astronomers Find Super-Jupiter in Triple-Star System

Jul 7, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found a young Jupiter-like planet in a triple-star system. This artist’s impression shows...

This false-color image of Jupiter was created by selecting and combining the best images obtained from many short VISIR exposures at a wavelength of 5 micrometers. Image credit: L. Fletcher / ESO.

Astronomers Release New Infrared Images, High-Resolution Maps of Jupiter

Jun 28, 2016 by News Staff

Amazing new infrared images and high-resolution maps of Jupiter give a glowing view of Juno’s target, several days ahead of the NASA mission’s arrival...

Emission nebula LHA 120-N55. Image credit: ESO.

Very Large Telescope Spies on Colorful Nebula in Neighboring Galaxy

May 20, 2016 by News Staff

This new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, shows the strikingly colorful gas cloud LHA 120-N55 (N55 for...

Artist’s impression of C/2014 S3 (PanSTARRS). The comet’s current long orbital period (approximately 860 years) suggests that its source is in the Oort Cloud -- a large region surrounding the Sun like a giant, thick soap bubble -- and it was nudged comparatively recently into an orbit that brings it closer to the Sun. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

Unique Rocky Comet from Oort Cloud May Provide Clues about Origin of Solar System

Apr 29, 2016 by News Staff

Observations of a tailless comet called C/2014 S3 (PanSTARRS), made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the Canada France Hawaii Telescope, show that...

This image shows the dwarf irregular galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte. Image credit: ESO / VST / Omegacam Local Group Survey.

Astronomers Snap Breathtaking Picture of Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte Galaxy

Mar 23, 2016 by News Staff

Using the OmegaCAM wide-field imager, a large camera mounted on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope, astronomers have captured this vivid image of a small galaxy...

This VLT image shows the irregular dwarf galaxy IC 1613. Image credit: ESO.

VLT Survey Telescope Captures Incredible Image of Nearby Dwarf Galaxy

Jan 27, 2016 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope have assembled this colorful image of the small galaxy IC 1613. This VLT image shows the irregular dwarf...

This image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the dwarf galaxy NGC 5291N (center). Image credit: ESO.

ESO’s Very Large Telescope Focuses on Young Clumpy Galaxy NGC 5291N

Dec 9, 2015 by News Staff

ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has made the first detailed observations of a rare dwarf galaxy recently formed within the giant collisional ring surrounding...

In this image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) the red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris is hidden behind an obscuring disc; the crosses are artifacts due to features in VLT’s SPHERE instrument. Image credit: ESO.

Hypergiant Star Caught in Act of Slimming Down

Nov 25, 2015 by Sergio Prostak

New observations from the Very Large Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile show how enormous size of dust particles surrounding the hypergiant...

An artist’s impression of the debris disc around J1228+1040 (left) at the same scale as Saturn and its rings (right). While the star has about 7 times smaller diameter than Saturn, it has a mass 2,500 times greater. Image credit: Mark Garlick, www.markgarlick.com / University of Warwick / ESO / NASA / Cassini.

VLT Captures Image of Debris Disk around Nearby White Dwarf

Nov 11, 2015 by News Staff

The sight of a massive asteroid being ripped apart by a white dwarf called SDSS J122859.93+104032.9 (J1228+1040 for short) and forming a debris disk has...

This artist’s impression shows VFTS 352 - the hottest and most massive double star system to date where the two components are in contact and sharing material. Image credit: ESO / L. Calçada.

VFTS 352: Astronomers Spot Hottest, Most Massive Overcontact Binary

Oct 21, 2015 by News Staff

New observations from ESO’s Very Large Telescope have revealed that a binary star system called VFTS 352 is among the most extreme and strangest yet...

This VLT image shows the planetary nebula ESO 378-1. Image credit: ESO.

Astronomers See Colorful ‘Owl’ in the Sky

Aug 5, 2015 by News Staff

ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile has captured the best view yet of the little-known nebula ESO 378-1, also known as the Southern Owl Nebula, PN K...

The huge halo around the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 appears on this image. The image also reveals many other galaxies forming the Virgo Cluster, of which Messier 87 is the largest member. Image credit: Chris Mihos, Case Western Reserve University / ESO.

Astronomers Uncover Evidence of Messier 87’s Cannibalistic Past

Jun 25, 2015 by News Staff

A giant elliptical galaxy called Messier 87 merged with a medium-sized spiral galaxy in the last billion years, according to a comprehensive study of 300...

This is an artist’s impression of the galaxy CR7. Image credit: M. Kornmesser / ESO.

CR7: Astronomers Discover Far-Off Galaxy Filled with First-Generation Stars

Jun 17, 2015 by News Staff

A group of astronomers headed by Dr David Sobral from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, has discovered by far the brightest galaxy yet found in the early...

This image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows a butterfly-like nebula around the red giant star L2 Puppis. Image credit: ESO / Pierre Kervella.

ESO’s VLT Spies Butterfly-Like Planetary Nebula around L2 Puppis

Jun 10, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using the SPHERE-ZIMPOL instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have confirmed the presence of the circumstellar dust disk around...

This image of the nebula RCW 34 was taken using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in northern Chile. Image credit: ESO.

Astronomers Capture Image of Glowing Nebula RCW 34

May 27, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have released a new image of a spectacular...

This image uses data from the FORS instrument on the Very Large Telescope. The stellar core of the Medusa Nebula is not the bright star in the center of this image - this is a foreground star called TYC 776-1339-1. Medusa’s central star is a dimmer, bluish star lying just off-center of the crescent shape and in the right-hand part of this image. Image credit: ESO.

ESO’s VLT Sees Beautiful Medusa Nebula

May 20, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have managed to obtain the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula. This image...

The giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the closest such galaxy to the Earth, at a distance of about 12 million light-years. Image credit: ESO / ESA / Hubble / NASA / Digitized Sky Survey / Davide de Martin.

Astronomers Discover New Type of Star Cluster

May 14, 2015 by News Staff

An international group of astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in northern Chile has discovered a never-seen-before...

This visualization of the 3D structure of the Pillars of Creation is based on new observations of the object using VLT’s MUSE instrument. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser.

ESO’s VLT Captures Pillars of Creation in 3D

Apr 30, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have created a 3D map of the iconic Pillars of Creation. This image...

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