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a tour of 30 doradus 720p
Bookmarked 773 weeks ago 30 doradus is a place where stars are born literally this region which is also known as the tarantula nebula is located about 160000 light years from earth within 30 doradus giant stars are producing intense radiation and powerful winds that are blowing off material from their surfaces these stellar winds and blasts from supernova explosions have heated some of the gas to millions of degrees the chandra x-ray observatory can detect this gas in the form of x-ray light this hot gas carves out gigantic bubbles in the surrounding cooler gas and dust that can be seen by the spitzer space telescope as infrared emission when combined the data from these two telescopes reveal an amazing view of this region that is found in the large magellanic cloud a small neighbor galaxy to our milky waycredit: harvard-smithsonian center for astrophysicssource: http:chandraharvardeduresourcespodcastshdindexhtml |
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hubble: 30 doradus amp the tarantula nebula 720p
Bookmarked 754 weeks ago several million young stars are vying for attention in this nasa hubble space telescope image of a raucous stellar breeding ground in 30 doradus located in the heart of the tarantula nebula 30 doradus is the brightest star-forming region visible in a neighboring galaxy and home to the most massive stars ever seen the nebula resides 170000 light-years away in the large magellanic cloud a small satellite galaxy of our milky way no known star-forming region that is inside our milky way is as large or as prolific as 30 doradusthe image comprises one of the largest mosaics ever assembled from hubble photos and includes observations taken by hubble039s wide field camera 3 and advanced camera for surveys hubble made the observations in october 2011 nasa and the space telescope science institute are releasing the image to celebrate hubble039s 22nd anniversarycredit: nasa esa m estacion and g bacon stscisource: http:hubblesiteorgnewscenterarchivereleases201201videoa |
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an astronomer039s paradise
Bookmarked 765 weeks ago cerro paranal is an astronomers paradise with its stunningly dark steady and transparent sky located in the barren atacama desert of chile it is home to some of the world039s leading telescopes operated by the european southern observatory wwwesoorg the very large telescope vlt is located on paranal composed of four 8 m telescopes which can combine their light to make a giant telescope by interferometry four smaller auxiliary telescopes each 18 m in aperture are important elements of the vlt interferometer this footage is made during an imaging expedition to paranal assigned by the european southern observatory eso all video rights reserved by babak tafreshi btafreshitwanightorg of the world at night twan program the music is by carbon based lifeforms group wwwcarbonbasedlifeformsnet from the song arecibo in their album twentythree the music is provided by the ars electronica wwwaecat |
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