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Juan Carlos Muñoz Nov 10, 2022

It was really nice to contribute to this image of the Cone Nebula that ESO just released to mark 60 years of collaboration. It's one of the many things I love about my current job here: working with our amazing visual team to deliver cool images for you to enjoy.

What you see here is a pillar of dust and gas sculpted by the intense radiation of stars further up, outside of the field of view.

More info: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2215/

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography

📷 ESO

ESO images a wondrous star factory to mark 60 years of collaboration

For the past 60 years the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has been enabling scientists worldwide to discover the secrets of the Universe. We mark this milestone by bringing you a spectacular new image of a star factory, the Cone Nebula, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT).

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Juan Carlos Muñoz

And if you're curious about how many people it takes to produce images like this, well, quite a lot! I wrote about this process here:

➡️ https://www.eso.org/public/blog/it-takes-a-village/

(and this only scratches the surface...)

ESOblog: It takes a village… The complex journey from an idea to a final astronomical image

It takes a village…

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Mr. Teatime Nov 10, 2022

@astro_jcm
I know you're not in charge of that website, but maybe you could bring this to the attention of the right people:
»By continuing to use this website, you are giving consent to our use of cookies.
For more information on how ESO uses data and how you can disable cookies, please view our privacy policy«
...that is not permissible under the GDPR. There needs to be a clear "no" option, not an "opt out" like this (or better: just read the DNT flag and stop bothering users)