Videos tagged “europeansouthernobservatory”
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Closing in on the E-ELT at sunset and the start of observations
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This video sequence is based on an accurate artist’s rendering of what the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will look like once it is complete early in the next decade. The view starts at…
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Panning over the radio galaxy Centaurus A, as seen by ALMA
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This pan video shows a new image of Centaurus A, which combines ALMA and near-infrared observations of the massive elliptical radio galaxy. The new ALMA observations, shown in a range of green, yellow…
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Zooming in on the radio galaxy Centaurus A, as seen by ALMA
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This zoom sequence starts with a broad view of the Milky Way, and zooms in to a visible-light view of the radio galaxy Centaurus A. The final view shows a combination of ALMA and near-infrared observations.…
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Hubblecast 55: Crash of the Titans
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In this episode of the Hubblecast, scientists Jay Anderson and Roeland van der Marel show how they have used Hubble observations to predict the future of the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way. Projecting…
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Panning over a deep view at the strange galaxy Centaurus A
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This pan video takes a close look at the peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) in an image taken with by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory…
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Zooming in on the strange galaxy Centaurus A
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This video zoom sequence starts with a broad view of the Milky Way. We close in on a region not far from the plane of a the galaxy and can soon see a strange fuzz with a dark band across it. This…
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made detailed observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366. While it lacks the elegant spiral arms of many larger galaxies, NGC 2366 is home to a bright, star-forming…
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This video zooms from a view of the night sky into NGC 2366, a dwarf galaxy in the constellation of Camelopardalis (the Giraffe). The galaxy contains a bright region of star formation called NGC 2363,…
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Panning across VISTA’s infrared image of the globular star cluster Messier 55
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This pan video gives a closer look at a striking view of the globular star cluster Messier 55 in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer) that was obtained in infrared light with the VISTA survey…
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Zooming in on the globular star cluster Messier 55
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This zoom sequence starts with a wide view of the spectacular Milky Way. We then close in on a fuzzy spot that proves to be a very rich star cluster, the globular Messier 55. In the final sequence…
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