B-roll: Artist's Impressions and Time-lapse Sequence with Real NACO Data

Sequences showing the real images acquired with the VLT, and 2D and 3D animations illustrating the motion of the stars around the black hole at the centre of the Galaxy.

00:10 - zoom and pan the colour image obtained with the VLT;
00:56- zoom in real images of the galaxies, starting from a wide angle view, all the way to the sequence of real images showing the stars orbiting the black hole at the centre;
01:30- fade from the real data to a 3D animation of the stars around the black hole;
02:00- 3D animation showing the S2 star orbiting the black hole
02:35- 2D animation with all the measured stars, reproducing the real observations.

Créditos:

ESO/ S. Gillessen, R. Genzel

Sobre o vídeo

Id:eso0846e
Data de divulgação:10 de Dezembro de 2008
Notícias relacionadas:eso0846
Duração:03 m 06 s
Frame rate:30 fps

Sobre o objeto

Nome:Black hole
Tipo:Milky Way
Categoria:Quasars and Black Holes

HD


Large

QT grandes
35,4 MB

Medium

MPEG-1 médios
71,3 MB
Flash médios
28,1 MB

Small

Flash pequenos
13,6 MB
QT pequenos
11,0 MB

For Broadcasters