Pan across the galactic centre
This video zooms across a part of the sky close to the centre of our Milky Way, which was observed with the VISTA infrared survey telescope. Within this part of the sky astronomers discovered a dozen new variable stars. Their discovery suggests that the bulging centre of the Milky Way likely grew through the merging of primordial star clusters.
Credit:ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti. Music: 5th Dimension
About the Video
Id: | eso1636c |
Release date: | 12 October 2016, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1636 |
Duration: | 50 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |