News tagged with swan nebula
First images from the VLT Survey Telescope 268-megapixel camera
(PhysOrg.com) -- The VLT Survey Telescope (VST), the latest addition to ESO’s Paranal Observatory, has made its first release of impressive images of the southern sky. The VST is a state-of-the-art 2.6-meter ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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New portrait of Omega Nebula's glistening watercolors
The Omega Nebula, sometimes called the Swan Nebula, is a dazzling stellar nursery located about 5500 light-years away towards the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). An active star-forming region of ...
Jul 07, 2009 |
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The smoky pink core of the Omega Nebula
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image of the Omega Nebula, captured by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), is one of the sharpest of this object ever taken from the ground. It shows the dusty, rose-coloured central parts ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Gemini image captures elegant beauty of planetary nebula discovered by amateur astronomer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a partnership between amateur and professional astronomers, the recent discovery of a dying star’s last gasps could help resolve a decades-old debate among astronomers. That is, are ...
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Exploring space
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most powerful and ambitious astronomical satellites designed to provide the best view yet of the Universe at far-infrared and sub-millimeter wavelengths is living up to its illustrious ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Herschel lives up to the family name
The Herschel Space Observatory has been observing the sky at infrared wavelengths since shortly after its launch two years ago, on 14th May 2009. But the name Herschel has a much longer legacy than that. The ...
May 16, 2011 |
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A New Method of Estimating Stellar Distances
(PhysOrg.com) -- The star Chi Cygni is located about 550 light-years away, in the direction of the constellation of Cygnus the Swan. It is a notable star because, unlike the sun which still burns hydrogen ...
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space Image
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of dusty material.
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Astronomers Decipher Nature of Mysterious Object
In an exercise that demonstrates the power of a multiwavelength investigation using diverse facilities, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have deciphered the true nature of a mysterious ...
Oct 04, 2005 |
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