Universe Today » near-infrared astronomy http://www.universetoday.com Space and astronomy news Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 First (of many) Gorgeous Pictures from the New VISTAhttp://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/12/first-of-many-gorgeous-pictures-from-the-new-vista/ http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/12/first-of-many-gorgeous-pictures-from-the-new-vista/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:10:43 +0000 Nicholos Wethington http://www.universetoday.com/?p=47436 The Flame Nebula, as taken by the new VISTA visible and near-infrared camera. Click on the image for a zoomable hi-res image. Image Credit: ESO

Well, the WISE infrared all-sky satellite may be delayed until Monday, but the new infrared southern sky survey telescope VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) right here on Earth has gone online and released its first few gorgeous pictures.(...)
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]]> http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/12/first-of-many-gorgeous-pictures-from-the-new-vista/feed/ 3 Ring of Stars in Centaurus A Uncoveredhttp://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/22/ring-of-stars-in-centaurus-a-uncovered/ http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/22/ring-of-stars-in-centaurus-a-uncovered/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:07:19 +0000 Nicholos Wethington http://www.universetoday.com/?p=45625 Using adaptive optics in the near-infrared, a team of astronomers was able to uncover a ring of stars in Centaurus A. Image Credit:ESOCentaurus A (NGC 5128) is one of the most studied objects in the Southern sky, because it is the giant elliptical galaxy with the closest proximity to our own Milky Way. It lies 11 million light years away from the Milky Way, and is believe to have merged with another gaseous galaxy about 200 to 700 million years ago. The result of this galactic mashup: the birth of hundreds of thousands of stars in a kiloparsec-spanning ring near the core.(...)
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