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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

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The latest telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) was inaugurated today at the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) Observatory of Capodimonte, in Naples, Italy. The ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Naples, Luigi De Magistris, the INAF President, Giovanni Bignami, the ESO representatives Bruno Leibundgut and Roberto Tamai, and the main promoter of the telescope, Massimo Capaccioli of the University of Naples Federico II and INAF.

The VST is a state-of-the-art 2.6-metre telescope, with the huge 268-megapixel camera OmegaCAM at its heart. It is designed to map the sky both quickly and with very fine image quality. The VST is a joint venture between ESO and INAF and OmegaCam has been provided by the OmegaCam consortium. This new telescope is the largest telescope in the world exclusively dedicated to surveying the sky at visible wavelengths. The occasion of the inauguration has been marked by the release of a dramatic picture of the Carina Nebula taken with the new telescope.

This star formation region is one of the most prominent and frequently imaged objects of the southern sky. It has been the subject of many earlier images with ESO telescopes. However, the glowing gas cloud is huge and it is difficult for most large telescopes to study more than a tiny part of it at once. This makes it an ideal target for the VLT Survey Telescope and its big camera, OmegaCAM. The VST delivers very sharp images because of its high quality optics and the excellent site. But, as it was designed for surveys of the sky, it also has a very wide field of view that can take in almost all of the Carina Nebula in a single picture.

This object was a natural target when the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, accompanied by the First Lady, Cecilia Morel, were distinguished guests at the Paranal Observatory on 5 June 2012 and participated in observations with the VST. The picture that the President helped to take on this occasion has now been combined with other recent VST images of the Carina Nebula to produce one of the most richly detailed and colourful views of this object ever created.

The Carina Nebula is a huge stellar nursery lying about 7500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Carina (The Keel). This cloud of glowing gas and dust is one of the closest star formation regions to the Earth and includes several of the brightest and most massive stars known. The Carina Nebula is a perfect laboratory for astronomers studying the violent births and early lives of stars.

The conspicuous red colour of the picture comes from hydrogen gas in the nebula that is glowing under the harsh ultraviolet light from many young and hot stars. Other colours, originating from other elements in the gas, are also visible, as well as many dust clouds. Just above the centre of the picture lies the bright star Eta Carinae. This huge and highly unstable star brightened dramatically in the nineteenth century and is a good candidate for a future supernova explosion.

  • 12.07.2012 7:58 PM PDT

Derp

Damn, this is fascinating.

  • 12.08.2012 3:08 PM PDT

Hey, how's it going?

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  • 12.08.2012 3:09 PM PDT

You all DO realise the colours on these pictures is fake? They take them in infra-red etc then colour them in later.

  • 12.08.2012 3:09 PM PDT

If we disagree, it's nothing personal, opinions are opinions.
Antagonizing me to build a false sense of worth is so damn cute.

Brighten your day with science.

I came.

  • 12.08.2012 3:10 PM PDT

Damn!! I would love to take a trip to one of these telescopes and gaze through them for a few hours. Looks awesome!

  • 12.08.2012 3:11 PM PDT

Derp


Posted by: Binman59
You all DO realise the colours on these pictures is fake? They take them in infra-red etc then colour them in later.
proof?

  • 12.08.2012 3:18 PM PDT

There's a reason I love space. This is that reason.

  • 12.08.2012 3:20 PM PDT

What are these first person words you speak of?


Posted by: Binman59
You all DO realise the colours on these pictures is fake? They take them in infra-red etc then colour them in later.


Oh hai der.

When did you graduate from buzzkill academy?

OT: Picture looks fantastic. Also, Luigi and Giovanni attended? Nintendo is really pushing it...

  • 12.08.2012 3:20 PM PDT

Currently studying Computer Science & Software engineering. Hope to work on mobile devices of the future! When a certain game's credits roll, look out for my name! ;)

You will -blam!- bricks when you see what game it is! =)

Some may find this useful.

  • 12.08.2012 3:41 PM PDT
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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

Posted by: Binman59
You all DO realise the colours on these pictures is fake? They take them in infra-red etc then colour them in later.

Yes, I'm completely aware of that.

  • 12.08.2012 8:11 PM PDT
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13.72 billion years in the making.

On December 1st, 2012, I met Neil deGrasse Tyson. I shook the man's hand, and even made him laugh. Not much else to do with my life now.

Posted by: magicmagininja
proof?

Proof not needed. All Hubble images are taken in greyscale and colored later.

  • 12.08.2012 8:13 PM PDT


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Posted by: Binman59
You all DO realise the colours on these pictures is fake? They take them in infra-red etc then colour them in later.
proof?
Much of the light (actually radiation) emitted from these formations is outside of the visible spectrum, so it can't be seen with the naked eye. Instead, infrared and other types of cameras capable of detecting this radiation are used, and the result it converted to what it would like like if we could see such colors, or at least as close as we could perceive them.

  • 12.08.2012 8:18 PM PDT

Unreal, isn't it?

You all should find this interesting. They're listed from highest resolution to lowest. Click Highest Quality Download Options on the individual image pages for super hi res.
http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/entire/hires/true/

Hi res example
http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2006-01-a-full_j pg.jpg

  • 12.08.2012 8:23 PM PDT

The Universe demands to be noticed, to be seen, and dutifully noted.

What use all those incredible firework dimensions if no eye fixes and reflects, no brain takes notes, no heart moves with passion at the display?

NASA answers the silent cry of the Cosmos for recognition.

NASA is the witness and we fellow witnesses to the endless deeps.


Posted by: Binman59
You all DO realise the colours on these pictures is fake? They take them in infra-red etc then colour them in later.


Doesn't this telescope only survey the sky at visible wavelengths?

  • 12.08.2012 8:26 PM PDT

Unreal, isn't it?


Posted by: Breaking Rose
And I'm supposed to care about a generic space picture?


The Carina Nebula is a huge stellar nursery lying about 7500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Carina (The Keel). This cloud of glowing gas and dust is one of the closest star formation regions to the Earth and includes several of the brightest and most massive stars known. The Carina Nebula is a perfect laboratory for astronomers studying the violent births and early lives of stars.

It's pretty cool stuff. If you don't think so, then gtfo.

  • 12.08.2012 8:28 PM PDT

So you went to the trouble of clicking on my profile, either to send a group invite or hate message, or to check my Halo stats and call me a BK. I like Peanut Butter Waffles.


Posted by: Breaking Rose
And I'm supposed to care about a generic space picture?

Clearly you do if you're posting in this thread.

OT: Fascinating.

  • 12.08.2012 8:29 PM PDT

You got stuck by FalconStickr

I love space!!!

  • 12.08.2012 8:31 PM PDT

Unreal, isn't it?


Posted by: Breaking Rose
Just because I posted doesnt mean I like the content. Learn not to use dumb logic.

Quit trolling and enjoy the cosmos.

  • 12.08.2012 8:36 PM PDT

Name: Vien (Sven) 'Quitonm
Age: 19
Species: Sangheili
Height: 6'7"
Weight: 240 Lbs.
Eye Colour: Grey

Beautiful...

  • 12.08.2012 8:36 PM PDT

Hahaha, that's funny I thought you said my stats will be on Waypoint now. Wait, you were serious? Then, Nooooooooooooo!!!

I <3 space. And this is very interesting. I think for once I will forget about proper grammar educate. :p

  • 12.08.2012 8:52 PM PDT

2nd account
Original: http://www.bungie.net/Account/profile.aspx?uid=2512387
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Like what?
"Oh hey honey im going to virtually destroy oh.... 10 or so interplanetary species and hopefully become a god after I have a cataclysmic suicide!"

Reminds me of snow falling towards your face.

And OP, you may be interested in Space Engine :) It's a real-time simulation of the universe.

EDIT: Picture I just took
using space engine. You can edit your velocity so you can travel at warp-speed

[Edited on 12.08.2012 9:03 PM PST]

  • 12.08.2012 8:58 PM PDT

Maybe there is an original image and they just updated the colors. No?

  • 12.08.2012 9:00 PM PDT

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