Raw image from the FLAMES instrument on the VLT

A raw image from the FLAMES instrument on the VLT: each of the 130 MEDUSA fibre is positioned on a different star in a cluster. The light from each fibre is dispersed by the GIRAFFE spectrograph, forming a spectrum that shows the intensity of the light for each constituent colour. On the image, each spectrum appears as an individual vertical line. Some are brighter as they correspond to brighter stars.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:giraffe_medusa_cc
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:7 mei 2014 09:31
Grootte:2148 x 4096 px

Over het object

Naam:FLAMES
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster
Categorie:Star Clusters

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