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Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of Supernova 1987A's ring, set in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Inverted grayscale variant.
Original caption: This new image of the supernova remnant SN 1987A was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in January 2017 using its Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). Since its launch in 1990 Hubble has observed the expanding dust cloud of SN 1987A several times and this way helped astronomers to create a better understanding of these cosmic explosions. Supernova 1987A is located in the centre of the image amidst a backdrop of stars. The bright ring around the central region of the exploded star is composed of material ejected by the star about 20 000 years before the actual explosion took place. The supernova is surrounded by gaseous clouds. The clouds’ red colour represents the glow of hydrogen gas. The colours of the foreground and background stars were added from observations taken by Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).
The brightly glowing plumes seen in this image are reminiscent of an underwater scene, with turquoise-tinted currents and nebulous strands reaching out into the surroundings. However, this is no ocean. This image actually shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small nearby galaxy that orbits our galaxy, the Milky Way, and appears as a blurred blob in our skies. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has peeked many times into this galaxy, releasing stunning images of the whirling clouds of gas and sparkling stars (opo9944a, heic1301, potw1408a). This image shows part of the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts. This famously beautiful nebula, located within the LMC, is a frequent target for Hubble (heic1206, heic1402). In most images of the LMC the colour is completely different to that seen here. This is because, in this new image, a different set of filters was used. The customary R filter, which selects the red light, was replaced by a filter letting through the near-infrared light. In traditional images, the hydrogen gas appears pink because it shines most brightly in the red. Here however, other less prominent emission lines dominate in the blue and green filters. This data is part of the Archival Pure Parallel Project (APPP), a project that gathered together and processed over 1000 images taken using Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, obtained in parallel with other Hubble instruments. Much of the data in the project could be used to study a wide range of astronomical topics, including gravitational lensing and cosmic shear, exploring distant star-forming galaxies, supplementing observations in other wavelength ranges with optical data, and examining star populations from stellar heavyweights all the way down to solar-mass stars. A version of this image was entered into the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Josh Barrington.
A reproduction of a composite colour image of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and its surroundings. The LMC is a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way system, located in the southern constellation Dorado (the Swordfish) at a distance of approximately 170,000 light-years. The image is based on 15 exposures in the visual part of the spectrum with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera on the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory. A number of small areas near the borders were not covered in all three colours and have been left black. Six smaller fields with particular objects from this photo are reproduced as ESO Press Photos eso0216b-g. ESO Press Photo eso0216a was produced from 15 images that were obtained in September 2000 with the Wide-Field-Imager (WFI) at the 2.2-m MPG/ESO telescope. The images were exposed in the B-band (5 x 200 sec; wavelength 456 nm; Full-Width-Half-Maximum (FWHM) 99 nm; here rendered as blue), V-band (5 x 200 sec; 540 nm; 89 nm; green) and R-band (5 x 200 sec; 652 nm; 162 nm; red). The original pixel size is 0.238 arcsec. The photo shows the full field recorded in all three colours. It measures approximately 34 x 34 arcmin 2 ; North is up and East is left. The seeing was about 1.6 arcsec.
The Large Magelanic Cloud is a beautiful satellite galaxy with its gigantic 'Tarantula Nebula'
Exposure : 2*300 sec each L,R,G,B layer
And so for the last night in San Pedro de Atacama we decided to have one last go at he Large and Small Magellanic clouds, from the hotel.
The light pollution wasn't too bad and to help things we used the hotel itself as a light shield.
While the clouds weren't visible to the naked eye, a longish exposure helped bring it out.
Edited Hubble Space Telescope image of the star forming region LH 95 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Inverted grayscale variant.
Original caption: The latest photo from the Hubble Space Telescope, presented at the 2006 General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Prague this week, shows a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This sharp image reveals a large number of low-mass infant stars coexisting with young massive stars.
A lens flare from the hotel spotlight creates his rainbow effect , you should be able to see the LMC, SMC and the Orion Constellation.
ESO's Very Large Telescope has captured a detailed view of a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud — one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. This sharp image reveals two glowing clouds of gas. NGC 2014 (right) is irregularly shaped and red and its neighbour, NGC 2020, is round and blue. These odd and very different forms were both sculpted by powerful stellar winds from extremely hot newborn stars that also radiate into the gas, causing it to glow brightly.
Edited Digitized Sky Survey 2 ground-based image of part of the Large Magellanic Cloud showing the context for the Hubble Space Telescope image of NTC 2014 and NGC 2020. Image by way of the European Space Agency. Inverted grayscale variant.
This wide-field view captures the pair of nebulae NGC 2014 and NGC 2020 in the constellation of Dorado (The Swordfish). These two glowing clouds of gas, in the centre of the frame, are located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. Both are sculpted by powerful winds from hot young stars. This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Closer-ups of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies of our own Milky Way. Next to the Small Magellanic Cloud is the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a ball of 10,000 stars about 13,000 light-years away from us. (JPOD 218) #photoaday #pictureaday #astrophotography #valledeelqui #rutadelasestrellas #vicuñachile #largemagellaniccloud #smallmagellaniccloud #47tucanae #magellanicclouds
ESO's Very Large Telescope has captured a detailed view of a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud — one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. This sharp image reveals two glowing clouds of gas. NGC 2014 (right) is irregularly shaped and red and its neighbour, NGC 2020, is round and blue. These odd and very different forms were both sculpted by powerful stellar winds from extremely hot newborn stars that also radiate into the gas, causing it to glow brightly.
Edited NOIRLab image of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Original caption: Part of the SMASH dataset showing an unprecedented wide-angle view of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and, unlike the rest of the satellite galaxies, are still actively forming stars — and at a rapid pace. The depth of these survey data can be appreciated by the number of stars visible in the outer regions of the galaxy, as seen in the lower part of the image.
The brightly glowing plumes seen in this image are reminiscent of an underwater scene, with turquoise-tinted currents and nebulous strands reaching out into the surroundings.
However, this is no ocean. This image actually shows part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small nearby galaxy that orbits our galaxy, the Milky Way, and appears as a blurred blob in our skies. The NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope has peeked many times into this galaxy, releasing stunning images of the whirling clouds of gas and sparkling stars (opo9944a, heic1301, potw1408a).
This image shows part of the Tarantula Nebula's outskirts. This famously beautiful nebula, located within the LMC, is a frequent target for Hubble (heic1206, heic1402).
In most images of the LMC the color is completely different to that seen here. This is because, in this new image, a different set of filters was used. The customary R filter, which selects the red light, was replaced by a filter letting through the near-infrared light. In traditional images, the hydrogen gas appears pink because it shines most brightly in the red. Here however, other less prominent emission lines dominate in the blue and green filters.
This data is part of the Archival Pure Parallel Project (APPP), a project that gathered together and processed over 1,000 images taken using Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, obtained in parallel with other Hubble instruments. Much of the data in the project could be used to study a wide range of astronomical topics, including gravitational lensing and cosmic shear, exploring distant star-forming galaxies, supplementing observations in other wavelength ranges with optical data, and examining star populations from stellar heavyweights all the way down to solar-mass stars.
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA: acknowledgement: Josh Barrington
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This stunning new Hubble image shows a small part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to our own. This collection of small baby stars, most weighing less than the Sun, form a young stellar cluster known as LH63. This cluster is still half-embedded in the cloud from which it was born, in a bright star-forming region known as the emission nebula LHA 120-N 51, or N51. This is just one of the hundreds of star-forming regions filled with young stars spread throughout the Large Magellanic Cloud. The burning red intensity of the nebulae at the bottom of the picture illuminates wisps of gas and dark dust, each spanning many light-years. Moving up and across, bright stars become visible as sparse specks of light, giving the impression of pin-pricks in a cosmic cloak. This patch of sky was the subject of observation by Hubble's WFPC2 camera. Looking for and at low-mass stars can help us to understand how stars behave when they are in the early stages of formation, and can give us an idea of how the Sun might have looked billions of years ago. A version of this image was submitted to the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Luca Limatola.
The Milky Way with the Large Magellanic Cloud. Souther Crus visible near centre-left. Taken on a dark street and wonderful night in Tokoroa, New Zealand.
Edited NOIRLab image of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Color/processing variant.
Original caption: Part of the SMASH dataset showing an unprecedented wide-angle view of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and, unlike the rest of the satellite galaxies, are still actively forming stars — and at a rapid pace. The depth of these survey data can be appreciated by the number of stars visible in the outer regions of the galaxy, as seen in the lower part of the image.
Clouds ruined chances of some deep sky and star trails on a recent drive out to dark skies... Always something to shoot though :)
Edited TESS PR image of first light (or, more accurately, first released images) view. TESS is a satellite designed to search for planets. This is a view of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy visible in the southern hemisphere (darn it!). Annotated by NASA.
Image source: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-s-tess-shares-firs...
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Image source: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13069
Original caption: NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is now providing valuable data to help scientists discover and study exciting new exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system. Part of the data from TESS’ initial science orbit includes a detailed picture of the southern sky taken with all four of the spacecraft’s wide-field cameras. This “first light” science image captures a wealth of stars and other objects, including systems previously known to have exoplanets.
“In a sea of stars brimming with new worlds, TESS is casting a wide net and will haul in a bounty of promising planets for further study,” said Paul Hertz, astrophysics division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This first light science image shows the capabilities of TESS’ cameras, and shows that the mission will realize its incredible potential in our search for another Earth.”
TESS acquired the image using all four cameras during a 30-minute period on Tuesday, Aug. 7. The black lines in the image are gaps between the camera detectors. The images include parts of a dozen constellations, from Capricornus to Pictor, and both the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the galaxies nearest to our own. The small bright dot above the Small Magellanic Cloud is a globular cluster — a spherical collection of hundreds of thousands of stars — called NGC 104, also known as 47 Tucanae because of its location in the southern constellation Tucana, the Toucan. Two stars, Beta Gruis and R Doradus, are so bright they saturate an entire column of pixels on the detectors of TESS’s second and fourth cameras, creating long spikes of light.
“This swath of the sky’s southern hemisphere includes more than a dozen stars we know have transiting planets based on previous studies from ground observatories,” said George Ricker, TESS principal investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research in Cambridge.
This was a real failure. First time out shooting with a newly modified (H-alpha) Nikon Z7. I did not know the camera sufficiently, so my attempted custom settings of ISO 1600 or 2000 were replaced by the camera selecting auto ISOs - DOH!
Now, is that a faint aurora at the horizon, as was forecast, or the distant glow of Cooma? The waxing half-moon was still up of course, so overall viewing remained compromised.
(File: Z7A1863_and_65_HDR)
Taken from NASA's page on supernovas here, this pair of images shows Supernova 1987A (to left) and its precedessor star (Sanduleak -69° 202, to right) in the neighbouring Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
This stunning new Hubble image shows a small part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to our own. This collection of small baby stars, most weighing less than the Sun, form a young stellar cluster known as LH63. This cluster is still half-embedded in the cloud from which it was born, in a bright star-forming region known as the emission nebula LHA 120-N 51, or N51. This is just one of the hundreds of star-forming regions filled with young stars spread throughout the Large Magellanic Cloud. The burning red intensity of the nebulae at the bottom of the picture illuminates wisps of gas and dark dust, each spanning many light-years. Moving up and across, bright stars become visible as sparse specks of light, giving the impression of pin-pricks in a cosmic cloak. This patch of sky was the subject of observation by Hubble's WFPC2 camera. Looking for and at low-mass stars can help us to understand how stars behave when they are in the early stages of formation, and can give us an idea of how the Sun might have looked billions of years ago. A version of this image was submitted to the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Luca Limatola.
A nossa fascinante vizinha, a Grande Nuvem de Magalhães. É uma galáxia anã repleta de estrelas jovens, berçários estelares e até mesmo remanescentes de supernovas. Um dos seus destaques é a Nebulosa da Tarântula, uma gigantesca região de formação estelar que brilha intensamente, sendo um dos lugares mais ativos do tipo em todo o Universo próximo. Ela interage gravitacionalmente com a Pequena Nuvem de Magalhães, e até com a própria Via Láctea, criando rios de gás e estrelas que conectam as galáxias.
Our fascinating neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is a dwarf galaxy filled with young stars, stellar nurseries, and even supernova remnants. One of its highlights is the Tarantula Nebula, a massive star-forming region that shines intensely, making it one of the most active sites of its kind in the nearby Universe. It interacts gravitationally with the Small Magellanic Cloud and even with the Milky Way itself, creating streams of gas and stars that connect the galaxies.
- Exposures: 42 Ligth Frames of 300s, 0 darks and 0 bias, used L-Enhance filter. 3h30 minutes total exposure. Processing on Pixinsight. Bortle 2
- Camera: Canon SL2 EOS200D astromodified, ISO1600
- Scope: Samyang 135mm at f2.0
- Mount: Sky-watcher AZ-GTi mount
- Guiding specs: Asiair and ASI120mm in a zwo 30mm f4 miniguider
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Southern part of the spectacular N44 H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The green colour indicates areas that are particularly hot. The field measures 27.5 x 26.5 square arcminutes. North is up and East is left. #L
Southern part of the spectacular N44 H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The green colour indicates areas that are particularly hot. The field measures 27.5 x 26.5 square arcminutes. North is up and East is left. #L
The Large and Small Magellanic clouds (LMC & SMC) form South Africa.
Taking on an ordinary camera tripod, 30 seconds exposure at f/2.8. ISO 1600. Not much light pollution that night :)
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the largest satellite dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way, and until 2003, thought to be our two nearest galactic neighbors. They are only visible within the tropics and the southern hemisphere. Within the tropics they are only visible part of the year and south of the tropics they are always visible at night. The bright star to the upper left of the Small Magellanic Cloud is not a single star but the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a ball of stars that is almost too big to be a star cluster and yet too small to be a galaxy. The southern hemisphere has some of the best targets for astrophotographers. (JPOD 191) #photoaday #pictureaday #magellanicclouds #largemagellaniccloud #smallmagellaniccloud #47tucanae #southernsky
Vacationing in Chile in the Atacama Desert and had he opportunity to do some night photography. Focused on the Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud. These are exclusive to the Southern Hemisphere and not visible back home.. The tour operator found a relatively decent dark site.
After my eyes adjusted there they were; two faint but visible light patches in the sky. Bulls eye. Too bad all i had was my F4 lens but I figured I could make do, and make do I did.
Southern part of the spectacular N44 H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The green colour indicates areas that are particularly hot. The field measures 27.5 x 26.5 square arcminutes. North is up and East is left. #L