Look up! In search of the darkest and most pristine skies, French astrophotographer Martin Lefranc and colleagues visited our Very Large Telescope (VLT) in #Chile. The sight that they were met with was nothing but surreal. And this mesmerizing fish-eye view captured outside the VLT speaks for itself 🀩 Read more:
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Do look up!
Do look up!
 πŸ“· M. Lefranc/ESO #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrophotography #space #science image
A very hungry planet! πŸͺ That little dot is WISPIT 2b, a newborn exoplanet. About 5 times the mass of Jupiter, the planet is eating its way through its dusty cradle as it orbits the host star, a younger version of our Sun 🌞 Taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in #Chile, this image is the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings. Read more:
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A very hungry planet
A very hungry planet
 πŸ“· ESO/R. F. van Capelleveen et al. #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science image
As the Milky Way band appears to pour into our Extremely Large Telescope in #Chile, the cranes around it seem to do the same while they further advance the telescope. Once complete, the ELT will be breaking down the light above in unparalleled detail with its huge 39 m mirror. More:
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Milky Way spectator
Milky Way spectator
 πŸ“· C. Letelier/ESO #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #astrophotography #space #science image