This zoom sequence starts with a broad panorama of one of our neighbouring galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud, and we gradually close in on the Tarantula Nebula, a very active star-forming region. First we see a detailed visible light image obtained with Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile and the sequence ends with a new near-infrared VISTA image of the region around the Tarantula Nebula that was obtained as part of the VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey.
One of the characters in my novels mentions the tarantula nebula during a scene where he recounts a disturbing experience with an extra-dimensional banshee.
Pandoranage4101 1 year ago
Fabulous!
Pandoranage4101 1 year ago