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An infrared/visible light comparison of views of the Helix Nebula
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This video compares a new view of the Helix Nebula acquired with the VISTA telescope in infrared light with the more familiar view in visible light from the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory. The infrared vision of VISTA reveals strands of cold nebular gas that are mostly obscured in visible light images of the Helix.
Credit:
ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson.
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Video
| Id: | eso1205b |
| Release date: | 19 January 2012, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1205 |
| Duration: | 20s |
About the Object
| Name: | Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary • Nebulae |
