Astronomers utilizing the VLT Survey Telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile have actually taked a 283-million-pixel picture of the Dark Wolf Nebula.
This image, taken by ESO's VLT Survey Telescope, reveals the Dark Wolf Nebula. Image credit: ESO/ VPHAS+ Team.
The Dark Wolf Nebula lies around 5,300 light-years away in the constellation of Scorpius.
“Dark nebulae are cold clouds of cosmic dust, so thick that they obscure the light of stars and other things behind them,” the ESO astronomers stated in a declaration.
“As their name recommends, they do not discharge noticeable light, unlike other nebulae.”
“Dust grains within them soak up noticeable light and just let through radiation at longer wavelengths, like infrared light.”
“Astronomers study these clouds of frozen dust due to the fact that they typically consist of brand-new stars in the making.”
The brand-new picture of the Dark Wolf Nebula was produced utilizing information from the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) in Chile's Atacama Desert.
“This image uses up a location in the sky equivalent to 4 moons, however is really part of an even bigger nebula called Gum 55,” the astronomers stated.
“If you look carefully, the wolf might even be a monster, its hands all set to get unwary spectators.”
“Of course, tracing the wolf's ghost-like existence in the sky is just possible since it contrasts with a brilliant background.”
“This image displays in incredible information how the dark wolf sticks out versus the radiant star-forming clouds behind it.”
“The vibrant clouds are developed primarily of hydrogen gas and radiance in reddish tones delighted by the extreme UV radiation from the newborn stars within them.”
The image was recorded as part of the VST Photometric Hα Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge (VPHAS+), which has actually studied some 500 million items in our Milky Way.
“Surveys like this assistance researchers to much better comprehend the life process of stars within our home Galaxy,” the scientists stated.
