Wednesday 28 May 2008

VLT's 10th Anniversary


Source: ESO

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Very Large Telescope's First Light, ESO is releasing two stunning images of different kinds of nebulae, located towards the Carina constellation. The first one, Eta Carinae, has the shape of a 'little man' and surrounds a star doomed to explode within the next 100 000 years. The second image features a much larger nebula, NGC 3576, whose internal turmoil is created by a cluster of young, massive stars.(read more)

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