VST Captures Three Nebula in One 3.3 gigapixel Image

The European Southern Observatory team have today released this stunning image of Sharpless 2-54 , the Eagle Nebula and the Omega Nebula in all their 3.3 gigapixel glory for us to gaze at in awe and wonder , the image is zoomable to your hearts content .... nearly.
Window to Space

Here's a small taster of the image above.


And a video explaining how the image was created and what it contains.


So many Stars , so much dust but such beauty.

a reply to: gortex

Wow
I'm zooming all over the photo in the link. Thanks for this.

a reply to: gortex

Totally brilliant.

Thanks for posting, look at all the stars!!

Makes me wish we could travel inter stellar...

a reply to: gortex

Awesome find S & F.

Its really quite humbling when you think about it just how small we really are and how big and beautiful the universe truly is. I always find it awe inspiring when I look up at the night sky and take it all in, imagine how different the sky of today is compared to the sky our ancestors gazed upon all those years ago.

I don't want to take anything away from those pictures you posted but I always and will always think this is one of the most influential pictures of space to ever be taken.

Hubble Ultra deep field

Amazing.

I can never help but think of size relativity.
Sometimes I wonder if a gigantic civilization might find us out here. One that comes from a planet 100x the size of earth with ships so large our planet could fit in the cargo hold.

a reply to: scraedtosleep

Right thinking
The size of the universe and possibilities are so vast. Then thinking of the size of the Containment Universe that holds our own universe and so on...... I can no longer fathom what's more.

I had to edit like heck to get this speck of the photo to upload.

a reply to: scraedtosleep

I think If you can imagine it the chances are it's out there somewhere , with so many stars and so much space anything's possible.

a reply to: gortex

That's awesome.

I was having a bit of a scan around for any alien mega structures, haven't found any, yet.

In the meantime have an extra star(s) and probably heaps of other distant galaxies.

originally posted by: gortex
The European Southern Observatory team have today released this stunning image of Sharpless 2-54 , the Eagle Nebula and the Omega Nebula in all their 3.3 gigapixel glory for us to gaze at in awe and wonder , the image is zoomable to your hearts content .... nearly.
Window to Space

Here's a small taster of the image above.

And a video explaining how the image was created and what it contains.

So many Stars , so much dust but such beauty.

I don't know why I am surprised by this lens effect, but still! ...I guess there are loads more like this.



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Space is so big it doesn't even have a size.

My god, It's full of stars!

-David Bowman, 2001: A Space Odyssey

That is incredible!!

Thanks for sharing this! Will have a longer look at the links but the appetizer was perfect!

a reply to: gortex

Beautiful photo! My mind can't grasp the immense breadth and depth of distance and time displayed in that image, but I bet it would take a few years just to fly through one of the "dust" clouds. (Are they really dust...tiny grains of dirt?)

a reply to: gortex

Wow ! " It's full of stars! "

Thank you good sir !

Ni !

Breathtaking.

Thank you for posting this!!!!

At light speed, how long would it take to physically travel, the same distance that is visually travelled, using the "zoom in" feature at www.eso.org... ??

originally posted by: Bigburgh
a reply to: scraedtosleep
I had to edit like heck to get this speck of the photo to upload.

Those are internal reflections in the telescope, caused by those bright stars.

Remarkable. The amazement of the Universe right in front of our eyes is stupendous and more amazing than can be fathomed sometimes.