By | July 12, 2016 06:00am ET
Astronomers using the HAWK-I infrared instrument on on the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have peered deeply into the well-known Orion constellation nebula. “About ten times as many brown dwarfs and isolated planetary-mass objects,” can be seen in the new infrared imagery, according to the ESO. (Full Story)
Also, HAWK-I’s infrared views are compared to visible views from the WFI camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope.
credit : ESO/H. Drass/Igor Chekalin/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/mash mix: Space.com
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