{"id":16368,"date":"2018-07-11T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16368"},"modified":"2018-07-10T22:11:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T02:11:01","slug":"eso-new-camera-on-very-large-telescope-shows-glorious-view-of-star-cluster-rcw-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16368","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Exquisite views of a star cluster with new camera on the Very Large Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new report from ESO<\/a> (European Southern Observatory<\/p>\n

Colourful Celestial Landscape<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New observations with ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope show the star cluster RCW 38 in all its glory. This image was taken during testing of the HAWK-I camera with the GRAAL adaptive optics system. It shows the cluster and its surrounding clouds of brightly glowing gas in exquisite detail, with dark tendrils of dust threading through the bright core of this young gathering of stars. [Higher res images<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>New observations with ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope show the star cluster RCW 38 in all its glory. This image was taken during testing of the HAWK-I camera with the GRAAL adaptive optics system. It shows RCW 38 and its surrounding clouds of brightly glowing gas in exquisite detail, with dark tendrils of dust threading through the bright core of this young gathering of stars.<\/p>\n

This image shows the\u00a0star cluster<\/a>\u00a0RCW 38, as captured by the\u00a0HAWK-I<\/a>\u00a0infrared imager mounted on\u00a0ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope<\/a>\u00a0(VLT) in Chile. By gazing into infrared wavelengths, HAWK-I can examine dust-shrouded star clusters like RCW 38, providing an unparalleled view of the stars forming within. This cluster contains hundreds of young, hot, massive stars, and lies some 5500 light-years away in the constellation of\u00a0Vela (The Sails)<\/a>.<\/p>\n