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Infrared/visible cross-fade of the VISTA Tarantula Nebula image
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This video sequence fades between the view of the region around the Tarantula Nebula in visible and near-infrared light. The visible light image was obtained with Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile and the new near-infrared image was obtained with the VISTA survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory. In the infrared the gas and dust are much less prominent and many more stars become apparent.
Credit:
ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Video
| Id: | eso1033c |
| Release date: | 11 August 2010, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1033 |
| Duration: | 51s |
About the Object
| Name: | 30 Doradus |
| Type: | • X - Nebulae |
