ESO's Very Large Telescope Captures a Dead Star's Haunting Remains

November 01, 2022 By Raulf Hernes

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A landscape in deep space that appears to have been lifted from a fairytale book was caught by the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European South Observatory (ESO). These explosions send shock waves through the air, compressing it and creating intricate, thread-like patterns. According to ESO, the waves generate energy that heats the gaseous tendrils of the remnant, which is why they glow brilliantly in this image. The Vela supernova remnant, which is seen in this 554 million pixel image, is named after the southern constellation Vela, commonly known as The Sails. ESO's Very Large Telescope Captures a Dead Star's Haunting Remains

ESO's Very Large Telescope Captures a Dead Star's Haunting Remains

Nine full Moons might fit inside this incredible image, and the entire cloud where the remnant is located is even bigger. One of the closest supernova leftovers, this one is only 800 light-years distant from Earth. The progenitor star's outer layers were thrown into the surrounding gas during the explosion, creating the filaments that are visible in the photo. Inside the neutron star, which is all that is left of the supernova, protons and electrons are compressed into neutrons. The upper left corner of the image contains a neutron star that is part of the Vela remnant. It is a pulsar that rotates astonishingly quickly—more than ten times per second—on its own axis. Russian Space Junk Avoids Collision with ISS

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Also read: Kleopatra Asteroid's Dog Bone Shape Discovered by Very Large Telescope in Most Detailed Images Ever Captured by ESO The wide-field camera OmegaCAM at the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), located at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, was utilized to acquire a mosaic of observations that led to the creation of this spectacular image. The VST, one of the biggest telescopes for viewing the night sky in visible light, is owned by the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) of Italy. The Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge VST Photometric H Survey (VPHAS+) is one such investigation, and this image serves as an illustration. Since this survey began charting a substantial portion of our galaxy more than seven years ago, astronomers have gained a clearer understanding of how stars are created, grow, and eventually die.

By Raulf Hernes

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ESO's Very Large Telescope Captures a Dead Star's Haunting Remains

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