ESOcast 227 Light: Stunning Space Butterfly Captured by ESO Telescope

Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have imaged a 'space butterfly', a planetary nebula known as NGC 2899. This video offers stunning views of this object and the science behind it.

The video is available in 4K UHD.

The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases.

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ESO

Directed by: Herbert Zodet.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Stephanie Rowlands, Emma Foxell and Bárbara Ferreira.
Music: STAN DART (www.stan-dart.com) — The Long Way.
Footage and photos: ESO, C. Malin (christophmalin.com), Digitized Sky Survey 2 and Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

A proposito del video

Identificazione:eso2012a
Data di pubblicazione:Giovedì 30 Luglio 2020 14:00
Notizie relative:eso2012
Durata:01 m 26 s
Frame rate:25 fps

A proposito delll'oggetto

Nome:NGC 2899
Tipo:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary
Categoria:ESOcast
Nebulae

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