{"id":14315,"date":"2017-05-03T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14315"},"modified":"2017-05-02T14:55:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T18:55:27","slug":"eso-new-infrared-images-clear-up-the-small-magellanic-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14315","title":{"rendered":"ESO: New infrared images clear up the Small Magellanic Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/news\/eso1714\/?lang\" target=\"_d\">ESO<\/a>\u00a0(European Southern Observatory):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/news\/eso1714\/?lang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VISTA Peeks Through the Small Magellanic Cloud\u2019s Dusty Veil<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_intro pr_first\">The Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is a striking feature of the southern sky even to the unaided eye. But visible-light telescopes cannot get a really clear view of what is in the galaxy because of obscuring clouds of interstellar dust. VISTA\u2019s infrared capabilities have now allowed astronomers to see the myriad of stars in this neighbouring galaxy much more clearly than ever before. The result is this record-breaking image \u2014 the biggest infrared image ever taken of the Small Magellanic Cloud \u2014 with the whole frame filled with millions of stars.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_14316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14316\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.eso.org\/images\/thumb700x\/eso1714a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14316\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14316\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714a1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ESO\/VISTA VMC&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) galaxy is a striking feature of the southern sky even to the unaided eye. But visible-light telescopes cannot get a really clear view of what is in the galaxy because of obscuring clouds of interstellar dust. VISTA\\u2019s infrared capabilities have now allowed astronomers to see the myriad of stars in this neighbouring galaxy much more clearly than ever before. The result is this record-breaking image \\u2014 the biggest infrared image ever taken of the Small Magellanic Cloud \\u2014 with the whole frame filled with millions of stars. As well as the SMC itself this very wide-field image reveals many background galaxies and several star clusters, including the very bright 47 Tucanae globular cluster at the right of the picture.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1493812800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;VISTA\\u2019s view of the Small Magellanic Cloud&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VISTA\u2019s view of the Small Magellanic Cloud\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) galaxy is a striking feature of the southern sky even to the unaided eye. But visible-light telescopes cannot get a really clear view of what is in the galaxy because of obscuring clouds of interstellar dust. VISTA\u2019s infrared capabilities have now allowed astronomers to see the myriad of stars in this neighbouring galaxy much more clearly than ever before. The result is this record-breaking image \u2014 the biggest infrared image ever taken of the Small Magellanic Cloud \u2014 with the whole frame filled with millions of stars. As well as the SMC itself this very wide-field image reveals many background galaxies and several star clusters, including the very bright 47 Tucanae globular cluster at the right of the picture.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714a1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-14316\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714a1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714a1-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) galaxy is a striking feature of the southern sky even to the unaided eye. But visible-light telescopes cannot get a really clear view of what is in the galaxy because of obscuring clouds of interstellar dust. VISTA\u2019s infrared capabilities have now allowed astronomers to see the myriad of stars in this neighbouring galaxy much more clearly than ever before. The result is this record-breaking image \u2014 the biggest infrared image ever taken of the Small Magellanic Cloud \u2014 with the whole frame filled with millions of stars. As well as the SMC itself this very wide-field image reveals many background galaxies and several star clusters, including the very bright 47 Tucanae globular cluster at the right of the picture. [<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.eso.org\/images\/thumb700x\/eso1714a.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larger versions<\/a>.]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Small_Magellanic_Cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small Magellanic Cloud <\/a>(SMC) is a dwarf galaxy, the more petite twin of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Large_Magellanic_Cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Large Magellanic Cloud <\/a>(LMC). They are two of our closest galaxy neighbours in space \u2014 the SMC lies about 200 000 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Light-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">light-years<\/a> away, just a twelfth of the distance to the more famous <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andromeda_Galaxy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andromeda Galaxy<\/a>. \u00a0Both are also rather peculiarly shaped, as a result of interactions with one another and with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milky_Way\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milky Way<\/a> itself.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bVgEhvhNfPM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This video takes a quick look at a remarkable new image from ESO&#8217;s VISTA survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The huge picture shows one of our neighbouring galaxies, the Small Magellanic Cloud, in remarkable detail and in infrared light.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Their relative proximity to Earth makes the Magellanic Clouds ideal candidates for studying <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_formation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how stars form<\/a> and evolve. However, while the distribution and history of star formation in these dwarf galaxies were known to be complex, one of the biggest obstacles to obtaining clear observations of star formation in galaxies is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cosmic_dust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interstellar dust<\/a>. Enormous clouds of these tiny grains scatter and absorb some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electromagnetic_radiation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">radiation<\/a> emitted from the stars \u2014 especially visible light \u2014 limiting what can be seen by telescopes here on Earth. This is known as dust extinction.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_14317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14317\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1714b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14317\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14317\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714b1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,701\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ESO\/VISTA VMC&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;These cutout images show a few of the highlights from a huge new infrared image of our neighbouring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, that was taken with the VISTA telescope at ESO&#039;s Paranal Observatory. The lower-right panel shows the bright globular star cluster 47 Tucanae, which lies much closer to the Earth than the Small Magellanic Cloud.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1493812800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Highlights from VISTA&#039;s view of the Small Magellanic Cloud&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Highlights from VISTA&amp;#8217;s view of the Small Magellanic Cloud\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;These cutout images show a few of the highlights from a huge new infrared image of our neighbouring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, that was taken with the VISTA telescope at ESO&amp;#8217;s Paranal Observatory. The lower-right panel shows the bright globular star cluster 47 Tucanae, which lies much closer to the Earth than the Small Magellanic Cloud.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714b1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-14317\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714b1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714b1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/eso1714b1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>These cutout images show a few of the highlights from a huge new infrared image of our neighbouring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, that was taken with the VISTA telescope at ESO&#8217;s Paranal Observatory. The lower-right panel shows the bright globular star cluster 47 Tucanae, which lies much closer to the Earth than the Small Magellanic Cloud. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1714b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larger versions<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>The SMC is full of dust, and the visible light emitted by its stars suffers significant extinction. Fortunately, not all electromagnetic radiation is equally affected by dust. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infrared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infrared<\/a> radiation passes through interstellar dust much more easily than visible light, so by looking at the infrared light from a galaxy we can learn about the new stars forming within the clouds of dust and gas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/surveytelescopes\/vista\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VISTA<\/a>, the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope, was designed to image infrared radiation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/surveytelescopes\/vista\/surveys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds<\/a> (VMC) is focused on mapping the star formation history of the SMC and LMC, as well as mapping their three-dimensional structures. Millions of SMC stars have been imaged in the infrared thanks to the VMC, providing an unparalleled view almost unaffected by dust extinction.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A2prA7wd7TA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The video sequence takes the viewer from a wide view of the southern skies deep into a small nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud. The final close-up infrared views are from a very detailed huge image of the galaxy taken using ESO&#8217;s VISTA infrared survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Millions of stars and many star clusters and much more distant galaxies are visible.\u00a0Credit:\u00a0ESO\/VISTA VMC\/N. Risinger (<a href=\"http:\/\/skysurvey.org\/\">skysurvey.org<\/a>).\u00a0Music: Astral electronic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The whole frame of this massive image is filled with stars belonging to the Small Magellanic Cloud. It also includes thousands of background galaxies and several bright star clusters, including 47 Tucanae at the right of the picture, which lies much closer to the Earth than the SMC. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1714a\/zoomable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zoomable image<\/a> will show you the SMC as you have never seen it before!<\/p>\n<p>The wealth of new information in this 1.6 gigapixel image (43 223 x 38 236 pixels) has been analysed by an international team led by Stefano Rubele of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfa.unipd.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University of Padova<\/a>. They have used cutting-edge stellar models to yield some surprising results.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0HakriviJJU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>This view compares a huge new infrared image of the Small Magellanic Cloud from ESO&#8217;s VISTA telescope to a more traditional view in visible light. By observing at longer infrared wavelengths VISTA can penetrate the dust clouds of this small neighbouring galaxy and reveal the stars much more clearly.\u00a0Credit:\u00a0ESO\/VISTA VMC\/Digitized Sky Survey 2.\u00a0Music: Astral electronic. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso1714c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Larger versions<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The VMC has revealed that most of the stars within the SMC formed far more recently than those in larger neighbouring galaxies. This early result from the survey is just a taster of the new discoveries still to come, as the survey continues to fill in blind spots in our maps of the Magellanic Clouds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">=====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=hobbyspace&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=primemusic&amp;banner=0Y451P54C03XJ9ZRPK82&amp;f=ifr&amp;lc=pf4&amp;linkID=DJBJV27TG3YGS5GC\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report from\u00a0ESO\u00a0(European Southern Observatory): VISTA Peeks Through the Small Magellanic Cloud\u2019s Dusty Veil The Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is a striking feature of the southern sky even to the unaided eye. But visible-light telescopes cannot get a really clear view of what is in the galaxy because of obscuring clouds of interstellar dust. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14315\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESO: New infrared images clear up the Small Magellanic Cloud<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3IT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13258,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13258","url_meta":{"origin":14315,"position":0},"title":"ESO: ALMA observes stellar cocoon in nearby galaxy with odd chemistry","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A new report from the European Southern Observatory (ESO): ALMA Catches Stellar Cocoon with Curious Chemistry A hot and dense mass of complex molecules, cocooning a newborn star, has been discovered by a Japanese team of astronomers using [the\u00a0Atacama Large Millimeter\/submillimeter Array (ALMA)]. 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