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December 31, 2011
by tte-77
So here we are with the final five images from the ESO Top 100 Images series. The 340-million pixel starscape from Paranal at number 4 is without doubt one of our favourite from the series (view as 1280px × 734px image here). We hope you have enjoyed viewing these 100 images over the last few months as much as we have. Enjoy!
# 5 - NGC 2264 and the Christmas Tree cluster - Credit: ESO
# 4 - A 340-million pixel starscape from Paranal - Credit: ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard)
# 3 - VST image of the star-forming region Messier 17 - Credit: ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute
# 2 - The Helix Nebula - Credit: ESO
# 1 - VISTA's infrared view of the Orion Nebula - Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
To view the previous images from the countdown visit the links below.
10-6 | 15-11 | 20-16 | 25-21 | 30-26 | 35-31 | 40-36 | 45-41 | 50-46 | 55-51 | 60-56 | 65-61 | 70-66 | 75-71 | 80-76 | 85-81 | 90-86 | 95-91 | 100-96
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December 29, 2011
by tte-77
Only ten images to go now in this amazing image series and there are some crackers in the final two installments. Here are numbers 10 to 6 for your viewing pleasure.
# 10 - Messier 78: a reflection nebula in Orion - Credit: ESO/Igor Chekalin
# 9 - VST image of the giant globular cluster Omega Centauri - Credit: ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: A. Grado/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory
# 8 - The Horsehead Nebula - Credit: ESO
# 7 - NGC 2467 and Surroundings - Credit: ESO
# 6 - The Centre of the Milky Way - Credit: ESO/S. Gillessen et al.
To view the previous images from the countdown visit the links below.
15-11 | 20-16 | 25-21 | 30-26 | 35-31 | 40-36 | 45-41 | 50-46 | 55-51 | 60-56 | 65-61 | 70-66 | 75-71 | 80-76 | 85-81 | 90-86 | 95-91 | 100-96
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Posted in Astronomy, ESO, Image gallery, tte-77 | Tagged 100, Astronomy, best, centaurus, cluster, constellation, ESO, galaxy, Horsehead Nebula, images, messier 78, milky way, NACO instrument, Nebula, NGC 2467, Observatory, Omega Centauri, Orion, postaweek2011, Puppis, siers, stellar nursery, telescope, top, Very Large Telescope, VLT | 3 Comments »
December 25, 2011
by tte-77
Images from 15 to 11 now in the ESO Top 100 Images series. The 360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky is amazing – just look how alive The Milky Way is as it arches across the night sky.
# 15 - Rare 360-degree Panorama of the Southern Sky - Credit: ESO/H.H. Heyer
# 14 - The future ALMA array on Chajnantor (artist’s rendering) - Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/L. Calçada (ESO)
# 13 - Early Morning on Paranal - Credit: ESO/H.H. Heyer
# 12 - The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula - Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
# 11 - Panoramic view of the WR 22 and Eta Carinae regions of the Carina Nebula - Credit: ESO
To view the previous images from the countdown visit the links below.
20-16 | 25-21 | 30-26 | 35-31 | 40-36 | 45-41 | 50-46 | 55-51 | 60-56 | 65-61 | 70-66 | 75-71 | 80-76 | 85-81 | 90-86 | 95-91 | 100-96
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December 20, 2011
by tte-77
Images 20 down to 16 for your enjoyment in the long-lasting ESO Top 100 Images series. Numbers 16 and 17 have to be my favourites in this installment. What do you think?
# 20 - Glowing Stellar Nurseries - Credit: ESO/APEX/DSS2/ SuperCosmos/ Deharveng(LAM)/ Zavagno(LAM)
# 19 - Centaurus A - Credit: ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)
# 18 - The Omega Nebula - Credit: ESO
# 17 - The Milky Way panorama - Credit: ESO/S. Brunier
# 16 - 370-million-pixel starscape of the Lagoon Nebula - Credit: ESO
To view the previous images from the countdown visit the links below.
25-21 | 30-26 | 35-31 | 40-36 | 45-41 | 50-46 | 55-51 | 60-56 | 65-61 | 70-66 | 75-71 | 80-76 | 85-81 | 90-86 | 95-91 | 100-96
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December 18, 2011
by yaska77
Today’s astro advent calendar count-down image came from one of tte-77′s ESO Top 100 Image posts.
We’re really reaching the business end of this count-down, so it’s probably time we turned up the heat a bit and selected some real crackers!
Day 18
Astronomy Advent Calendar 18th December - This stellar system is currently one of the most massive that can be studied in great detail (click to enlarge) - Credit: ESO
Eta Carinae is a stellar system in the constellation Carina, about 7,500 to 8,000 light-years from the Sun.
This image of the luminous blue variable Eta Carinae was taken with the NACO near-infrared adaptive optics instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, yielding an incredible amount of detail.
The images clearly shows a bipolar structure as well as the jets coming out from the central star. The image was obtained by the Paranal Science team and processed by Yuri Beletsky (ESO) and Hännes Heyer (ESO).
Stellar! 
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