File:A Snapshot of the Jewel Box cluster with the ESO VLT.jpg
Summary
The FORS1 instrument on the ESO <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Very_Large_Telescope" title="Category:Very Large Telescope">Very Large Telescope</a> (VLT) at ESO’s <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Paranal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Paranal (page does not exist)">Paranal</a> Observatory was used to take this exquisitely sharp close up view of the colourful Jewel Box cluster, NGC 4755. The telescope’s huge mirror allowed very short exposure times: just 2.6 seconds through a blue filter (B), 1.3 seconds through a yellow/green filter (V) and 1.3 seconds through a red filter (R).
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| current | 12:09, 12 January 2017 | | 1,563 × 1,567 (619 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The FORS1 instrument on the ESO <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Very_Large_Telescope" title="Category:Very Large Telescope">Very Large Telescope</a> (VLT) at ESO’s <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Paranal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Paranal (page does not exist)">Paranal</a> Observatory was used to take this exquisitely sharp close up view of the colourful Jewel Box cluster, NGC 4755. The telescope’s huge mirror allowed very short exposure times: just 2.6 seconds through a blue filter (B), 1.3 seconds through a yellow/green filter (V) and 1.3 seconds through a red filter (R). |
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