Posts Tagged ‘Wide Field Imager’
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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* ESO Top 100 Images series positions correct at time of post.
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August 16, 2011
by tte-77
Normal service resumed and the countdown continues. Here are positions 60 through 56 in the ESO Top 100 Images series*. Again – enjoy!
# 60 - Paranal After Sunset - Credit: ESO/Y. Beletsky
# 59 - Lying down on the VLT platform - Credit: G. Hüdepohl/ESO
# 58 - VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey view of the Tarantula Nebula Credit: ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
# 57 - Starry La Silla - Credit: Iztok Bončina/ESO
# 56 - Wide Field Imager view of the spiral galaxy NGC 247 - Credit: ESO
To view the previous images from the countdown see the links below.
65-61 | 70-66 | 75-71 | 80-76 | 85-81 | 90-86 | 95-91 | 100-96
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