Zooming in on the Lupus 3 star-forming region
This zoom sequence starts with a view of the central parts of the Milky Way. We close in on a region in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion). The final view is a combined image from data from both the VLT Survey Telescope and the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. It shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming along with a cluster of brilliant stars that have already burst out of their dusty stellar nursery. This cloud is known as Lupus 3 and it lies about 600 light-years from Earth. It is likely that the Sun formed in a similar star formation region more than four billion years ago.
Oikeudet:ESO/R. Colombari/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: Astral electronic.
Videosta
Tunnistus: | eso1804b |
Julkaisupäivä: | 31. tammikuuta 2018 12:00 |
Vastaavat julkaisut: | eso1804 |
Kesto: | 50 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
Kohteesta
Nimi: | Lupus 3 |
Tyyppi: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
Kategoria: | Star Clusters |