An infrared/visible light comparison of views of the Helix Nebula (unannotated)
This video compares a new view of the Helix Nebula acquired with the VISTA telescope in infrared light with the more familiar view in visible light from the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory. The infrared vision of VISTA reveals strands of cold nebular gas that are mostly obscured in visible light images of the Helix.
Credit:ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson.
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Video
| Id: | eso1205c |
| Release date: | 19 January 2012, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1205 |
| Duration: | 26 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 |
| Category: | Nebulae |
