Posts Tagged ‘VLT’
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.
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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
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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 17, 2011
by tte-77
It’s been a long run but the final 25 images of the series are coming! Here are positions 25-21 in the ESO Top 100 Images series.
# 25 - Sunset over Paranal Panorama - Credit: ESO/F. Kamphues
# 24 - Stellar nursery NGC 3603 - Credit: ESO
# 23 - A Pool of Distant Galaxies - Credit: ESO/ Mario Nonino, Piero Rosati and the ESO GOODS Team
# 22 - The Eagle Nebula - Credit: ESO
# 21 - The R Coronae Australis region imaged with the Wide Field Imager at La Silla - Credit: ESO
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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, best, Cerro Paranal, Eagle Nebula, ESO, galaxies, images, La Silla Observatory, Messier 16, Nebula, NGC 3603, NGC 6611, Pillars of Creation, postaweek2011, R Coronae Australis, series, star, stellar nursery, sunset, telescope, top, Very Large Telescope, VLT | 1 Comment »
December 10, 2011
by tte-77
A Saturday treat for you as the countdown continues. Here are numbers 30 to 26 in the ESO Top 100 Images series. Watch out for Betelgeuse at number 27!
# 30 - VLT looks into The Eyes of the Virgin - Credit: ESO
# 29 - Spiral galaxy NGC 1232 - Credit: ESO
# 28 - APEX at Chajnantor - Credit: ESO/H.H.Heyer
# 27 - A plume on Betelgeuse (artist’s impression) - Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
# 26 - The Trifid Nebula - Credit: ESO
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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 2, 2011
by tte-77
Moving steadily along now with numbers 35 to 31 of the ESO Top 100 Image series for your viewing pleasure. Keep watching for the final 30 images over the next few weeks – aiming to end the countdown by the end of the year.
# 35 - Panorama of Sunset on Paranal - Credit: ESO/Y. Beletsky
# 34 - Paranal Platform After Sunset - Credit: ESO/H.H.Heyer
# 33 - Infrared VISTA view of a stellar nursery in Monoceros - Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
# 32 - ESO’s Very Large Telescope Peers into a Distant Nebula - Credit: ESO/R. Chini
# 31 - The VLT in Action - Credit: ESO/S. Brunier
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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 best 100, ESO, images, M17, Messier 17, Monoceros, Nebula, Omega Nebula, panoramic sunset, paranal, postaweek2011, series, stellar nursery, sunset, Swan Nebula, top 100, Unicorn, Very Large Telescope, vista, VLT | Leave a Comment »
