Infrared/Visible Cross-Fade Of Tarantula Nebula [720p]

This video sequence fades between the view of the region around the Tarantula Nebula in visible and near-infrared light. The visible light image was obtained with Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile and the new near-infrared image was obtained with the VISTA survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory. In the infrared the gas and dust are much less prominent and many more stars become apparent.

credit: ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud Survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit

source: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1033c/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Tarantula Nebula
• ESO
• Large Magellanic Cloud

[starvhunger]

but how the hell do we know about this stuff.

we cant go out there and im pretty damn sure

we cant send satellites out there either.