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ESO: Crux Watches Over ALMA

Post by bystander » Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:15 pm

Crux Watches Over ALMA
ESO Picture of the Week | 2019 Jun 17
This stunning photograph shows some of the antennas comprising the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), all observing a panoramic view of the Milky Way’s centre. There is far more to ALMA than shown here; the array can span distances of up to 16 kilometres and is formed of 66 individual antennas!

Some features visible in the sky include Crux (The Southern Cross) just above and to the right of the nearest antenna, and the Carina Nebula slightly further to the right.

Astronomers use ALMA to peer into gigantic star-forming molecular clouds, and to observe galaxies forming at the very edge of the observable Universe. The green lights visible on the telescopes are a normal part of their operation, but in this scene they also cast an ethereal, otherworldly glow over the Chilean site.

This photograph was taken by Petr Horálek, one of our ESO Photo Ambassadors.
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HEIC: Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular (IC 10)

Post by bystander » Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:24 pm

Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular
ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2019 Jun 17
This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local Group — a collectiongrouping of over 50 galaxies inwithin our cosmic neighbourhood that includes the Milky Way.

IC 10 is a remarkable object. It is the closest-known starburst galaxy to us, meaning that it is undergoing a furious bout of star formation fueled by ample supplies of cool hydrogen gas. This gas condenses into vast molecular clouds, which then form into dense knots where pressures and temperatures reach a point sufficient to ignite nuclear fusion, thus giving rise to new generations of stars.

As an irregular galaxy, IC 10 lacks the majestic shape of spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way, or the rounded, ethereal appearance of elliptical galaxies. It is a faint object, despite its relative proximity to us — just of 2.2 million light-years. In fact, IC 10 only became known to humankind in 1887, when American astronomer Lewis Swift spotted it during an observing campaign. The small galaxy remains difficult to study even today, because it is located along a line-of-sight which is chock-full of cosmic dust and stars.

A version of this image was entered into the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Nikolaus Sulzenauer, and went on to win tenth prize.
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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

Post by Ann » Mon Jun 17, 2019 3:05 pm

IC 10. Image Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Bauer
IC 10. Photo: Lowell Observatory.




















I don't know about you, but I found it hard to spot the galaxy for all the details in it in the NASA/ESA/Hubble image. In particular, I didn't find the nebulas very prominent at all. So I prefer the picture at right, which combines optical wavelengths (possibly RGB) with H-alpha emission. Here the nebulas stand out in a satisfying way, as befits a starburst galaxy.

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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

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Ann wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 3:05 pm
IC 10. Image Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Bauer
IC 10. Photo: Lowell Observatory.




















I don't know about you, but I found it hard to spot the galaxy for all the details in it in the NASA/ESA/Hubble image. In particular, I didn't find the nebulas very prominent at all. So I prefer the picture at right, which combines optical wavelengths (possibly RGB) with H-alpha emission. Here the nebulas stand out in a satisfying way, as befits a starburst galaxy.

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My favourite image of IC 10 is this one.

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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

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LDN260, LDN234, LDN204 and LDN191
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This dark nebula overlaps the large emission nebula Sh2-27.

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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

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Sh2-124
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HDW 2
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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

Post by starsurfer » Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:56 pm

NGC 7006
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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

Post by starsurfer » Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:39 am

M19
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Re: HEIC: Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular (IC 10)

Post by Ann » Sun Jun 23, 2019 8:20 am

bystander wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 2:24 pm Spiral, Elliptical, Irregular
ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2019 Jun 17
This image shows an irregular galaxy named IC 10, a member of the Local Group — a collectiongrouping of over 50 galaxies inwithin our cosmic neighbourhood that includes the Milky Way.

IC 10 is a remarkable object. It is the closest-known starburst galaxy to us, meaning that it is undergoing a furious bout of star formation fueled by ample supplies of cool hydrogen gas. This gas condenses into vast molecular clouds, which then form into dense knots where pressures and temperatures reach a point sufficient to ignite nuclear fusion, thus giving rise to new generations of stars.

As an irregular galaxy, IC 10 lacks the majestic shape of spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way, or the rounded, ethereal appearance of elliptical galaxies. It is a faint object, despite its relative proximity to us — just of 2.2 million light-years. In fact, IC 10 only became known to humankind in 1887, when American astronomer Lewis Swift spotted it during an observing campaign. The small galaxy remains difficult to study even today, because it is located along a line-of-sight which is chock-full of cosmic dust and stars.

A version of this image was entered into the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Nikolaus Sulzenauer, and went on to win tenth prize.

I keep thinking about IC 10. For a starburst galaxy, it seems to be strangely deficient in bright blue stars.

IC 10. Image Credit: NASA, ESA and F. Bauer.
NGC 4214. NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team and R. O'Connell.


















A huge difference between dwarf starburst galaxy IC 10 and dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 4214 is that we see IC 10 through thick dust in the Milky Way, which reddens IC 10 enormously.

For all of that, I find it interesting to see that the huge nebular clouds of NGC 4214 are full of newborn bright blue stars. I can find no corresponding concentration of bright blue stars in IC 10, as if the violent starburst there had not given rise to many new bright new stars at all.

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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

Post by starsurfer » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:25 am

IC 5148
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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

Post by starsurfer » Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:27 am

Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)
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ESO: An Aged Observer (SEST)

Post by bystander » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:42 pm

An Aged Observer
ESO Picture of the Week | 2019 Jun 24
ESO’s observatories located on the mountains of Chile — La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor Plateau — are home to a wide range of telescopes built and operated by the organisation’s 16 Member States. As time passes, older telescopes are slowly overtaken by their newer and more advanced peers. One of these old-timers is pictured here: the Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST).

Built back in 1987 at La Silla, the SEST was a groundbreaking instrument. It was the only large telescope in the southern hemisphere to study radio waves from objects in the distant Universe (known as submillimetre astronomy). A huge dish, with a diameter of 15 metres, the telescope was able to observe some of the most extreme phenomena in the cosmos.

Eventually, however, newer and more advanced telescopes — such as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), both situated on Chajnantor Plateau — began to produce better measurements and observations, and the SEST was decommissioned in 2003.

However, the story is not quite over. SEST may no longer observe, but the telescope’s reflective dish still stands proudly at La Silla, acting as a mirror for the site’s beautiful nighttime skies.
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HEIC: Trillions of Stars (Messier 98)

Post by bystander » Mon Jun 24, 2019 2:51 pm

Trillions of Stars
ESA Hubble Picture of the Week | 2019 Jun 24
This Hubble Picture of the Week shows the spiral galaxy Messier 98, which is located about 45 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). It was discovered in 1781 by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain, a colleague of Charles Messier, and is one of the faintest objects in Messier’s astronomical catalogue.

Messier 98 is estimated to contain about a trillion of stars, and is full of cosmic dust — visible here as a web of red-brown stretching across the frame — and hydrogen gas. This abundance of star-forming material means that Messier 98 is producing stellar newborns at a high rate; the galaxy shows the characteristic signs of stars springing to life throughout its bright centre and whirling arms.

This image of Messier 98 was taken in 1995 with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), an instrument that was installed on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope from 1993 till 2009. These observations were taken in infrared and visible light as part of a study of galaxy cores within the Virgo Cluster, and feature a portion of the galaxy near the centre.
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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

Post by starsurfer » Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:00 pm

NGC 7098
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NGC 663, NGC 654 and vdB6
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Sh2-150 and vdB154
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Photo NightScape Awards 2019 Winners

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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

Post by starsurfer » Sun Jun 30, 2019 4:58 am

M23, M24 and M25
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WLM
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Re: Found Images: 2019 June

Post by Ann » Sun Jun 30, 2019 6:34 am

One Ring to Rule Them All: Zw II 28
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