Zooming on the Large Magellanic Cloud

This video zooms on the Large Magellanic Cloud as revealed by the ESO's VISTA infrared survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Astronomers used this image to analyse in detail about 10 million individual stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Credit:

ESO, N. Rinsinger (skysurvey.org). Music: Astral Electronic

About the Video

Id:eso1914b
Release date:13 September 2019, 09:00
Related releases:eso1914
Duration:50 s
Frame rate:25 fps

About the Object

Name:Large Magellanic Cloud
Type:Unspecified : Galaxy : Type : Irregular
Category:Galaxies

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