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30 May 2018

Glowing brightly about 160 000 light-years away, the Tarantula Nebula is the most spectacular feature of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way. The VLT Survey Telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile has imaged this region and its rich surroundings in exquisite detail. It reveals a cosmic landscape of star clusters, glowing gas clouds and the scattered remains of supernova explosions. This is the sharpest image ever of this entire field.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1816/

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30 May 2018




  ESO Announcements


ESO’s Very Large Telescope Celebrates 20 Years of Remarkable Science

25 May 2018: ESO’s Very Large Telescope, the flagship facility for European ground-based astronomy, celebrates its 20th anniversary today. The first of the VLT’s Unit Telescopes saw first light on 25 ...

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Discover your Place in Space at the ESO Supernova — Astronomy and art combine in Hubble-inspired travelling exhibition

17 May 2018: From 17 May to 2 September 2018, the ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre will display it’s first temporary exhibition — Our Place in Space. This small free-of-charge showcase of ...

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HARPS Sees Sunshine for the First Time

17 May 2018: In April 2018, a team composed of scientists and engineers from the Geneva Observatory and ESO were at the La Silla Observatory to commission HELIOS (HARPS Experiment for Light Integrated ...

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  ESOblog


It’s Full of Stars — Henri Boffin on ESO’s collaboration in the Gaia mission

Interview with: Henri Boffin

25 May 2018: Mapping the sky has been one of humanity's quests since the dawn of time, and ESA’s Gaia satellite is taking our understanding of our stellar neighbourhood to a whole new ...

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Boy Scouts Into The Unknown — Jan Doornenbal on ESO’s pioneering site testing in South Africa

Interview with: Jan Doornenbal

18 May 2018: Back in the 1960s, when ESO was merely an idea, a group of intrepid pioneers set off for South Africa. Their aim was to work out the best place to ...

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