ESOcast 171 Light: Colourful Celestial Landscape (4K UHD)
Channel: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Date: 2018-07-11

New observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have revealed the star cluster RCW 38 in all its glory. These observations  was taken during testing of the HAWK-I camera with the GRAAL adaptive optics system. It shows the cluster and its surrounding clouds of brightly glowing gas in exquisite detail, with dark tendrils of dust threading through the bright core of this young gathering of stars.

The video is available in 4K UHD.

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