VISTA finds star clusters galore

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eso_eso1128a August 3rd, 2011

Credit: ESO/J. Borissova

Using data from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s 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 world’s 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).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1128a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
VVV Survey
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) Infrared (Ks) -
Green Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) Infrared (H) -
Blue Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (None) Infrared (J) -
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ID
eso1128a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.1  
Subject Name
VVV Survey
Credits
ESO/J. Borissova
Release Date
2011-08-03T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1128a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Ks, H, J
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2406.0, 2085.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1128a
Metadata Date
2011-07-29T18:10:43+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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