VISTA Finds Star Clusters Galore
Using data from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESOòÀÙs Paranal Observatory, an international team of astronomers has discovered 96 new open clusters hidden by the dust in the Milky Way. Thirty of these clusters are shown in this mosaic. These tiny and faint objects were invisible to previous surveys, but they could not escape the sensitive infrared detectors of the worldòÀÙs largest survey telescope, which can peer through the dust. This is the first time so many faint and small clusters have been found at once. The images are made using infrared light in the following bands: J (shown in blue), H (shown in green), and Ks (shown in red).
Credit:ESO/J. Borissova
About the Image
Id: | eso1128a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 3 August 2011, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1128 |
Size: | 2406 x 2085 px |
About the Object
Name: | VVV Survey |
Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
Category: | • Star Clusters |
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Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Infrared J | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
Infrared H | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
Infrared Ks | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
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