Star cluster reveals its colors in stunning 80-million-pixel image

Star cluster reveals its colors in stunning 80-million-pixel image

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), operating in Chile's Atacama Desert.

Madrid. The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has published an impressive image of 80 million pixels of the RCW 38 star cluster. The mosaic has been captured by VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy), which operates in the Atacama desert, in Chile. This stellar nursery is located about 5 thousand 500 years [...] The entrance Captan with great resolution a star cot located 5 thousand 500 light years away appears first in La…

Journey to Star Cluster RCW 38 in Vela | Paranal Observatory's VISTA

Journey to Star Cluster RCW 38 in Vela | Paranal Observatory's VISTAFrom a wide view of the Milky Way, zoom-in to the dramatic star forming region RCW 38 in the constellation Vela. The images shown here were taken with telescopes at distinct time intervals. They have been blended together to create this zoom. We begin with a view of the night sky in visible light, and finish with an infrared image of the RCW 38 region captured by the European So…

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has published an impressive image of 80 million pixels of the RCW 38 star cluster. ...

Star cluster reveals its colours in stunning 80-million-pixel ESO image

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), operating in Chile’s Atacama Desert.