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| Travel to a bat-shaped nebula | 3D view of the Orion Nebula | Zoom su un evento esplosivo in Orione | "From Earth to the Universe" — Eagle Nebula |
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| Panoramica di un'immagine VLT del globulo cometario CG4 | APEX Turns its Eye to Dark Clouds in Taurus (zoom) | APEX Turns its Eye to Dark Clouds in Taurus (pan) | Panning across the VST image of the star-forming region Messier 17 |
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| 3D animation of the Running Chicken Nebula | Panoramica della nebulosa Sh2-284 (senza testo) | Vedute multiple della Nebulosa Fiamma, come appare nella DSS2, a VISTA e APEX | The M 17 region |
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| Pillars of Creation in Eagle Nebula | The Eagle's EGGs | Secrets of a dark cloud | Zooming in on a superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
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| Panning across the R Coronae Australis region | Seeing sharper with the VLT (fulldome) | Orion Nebula in infrared (fulldome) | Visiting the Orion Nebula (fulldome) |
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| Travelling through a nebula (fulldome) | Visiting the Cone Nebula (fulldome) | Looking at the Carina Nebula (fulldome) | Visiting the Eagle Nebula (fulldome) |
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| Cat's Paw seen in infrared (fulldome) | What we can see in infrared light (fulldome) | The wonders of the Carina Nebula (fulldome) | Through the Eagle Nebula in infrared (fulldome) |
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| The Helix Nebula (fulldome) | Panning across the reflection nebula Messier 78 | Plunging into a cosmic watercolour | Zoom sulla Nebulosa oscura Sacco di Carbone |
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| Infrared/visible-light comparison view of the Carina Nebula | Zooming into the L1688 star-forming region | Zoom sul pipistrello cosmico | Lagoon Nebula |
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| Panning across the Dark Wolf Nebula | Zoom su NGC 2467 | Zoom into the Carina Nebula | "From Earth to the Universe" — Mystic Mountain Nebula |
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| Zoom sulla Nebulosa Matita | Panoramica della Nebulosa Matita, uno strano resto di una grande esplosione | The Helix Nebula (for fulldome planetarium use) | Zooming in on the star-forming region NGC 3582 |
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| La nebulosa Saturno in 3D | Zoom sulla Nebulosa Gabbiano (IC 2177) | Zoom sulla regione di formazione stellare AFGL 5142 | Panoramica dell'evanescente nebulosa planetaria ESO 577-24 |
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| Zoommata entro una immagine infrarossa della Nebulosa di Orione. | Dissolvenza incrociata tra l'immagine infrarossa di VISTA e quella submillimetrica di ArTeMiS di NGC 6334 | Animazione di Eta Carinae e dei suoi dintorni | "From Earth to the Universe" — Crab Nebula |
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| "From Earth to the Universe" — Dumbbell Nebula | Zoom su ESO 577-24 | Dissolvenza tra le immagini in luce visibile e in luce infrarossa della Nebulosa di Orione. | Zooming in on the Running Chicken Nebula |
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| Zooming in on the cluster and nebula NGC 371 | Zooming into a star that detonated twice | The Hot and Energetic Universe Virtual Reality | Zoom su RCW 38 |
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| Confronto delle vedute di ALMA e del VLT di un evento esplosivo in Orione | Visualizzazione 3D dei Pilastri della Creazione | 3D Animation of the Helix Nebula | The X-Ray Universe Virtual Reality |
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| Zoom sulla Nebulosa Tarantola | Zoom sulla Nebulosa Saturno | Primo piano della nebulosa oscura LDN 483 | Zooming in on the star formation region NGC 3324 |
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| Panoramica di RCW 38 | Panoramica della ricca regione di cielo intorno alla Nebulosa Tarantola nella Grande Nube di Magellano | Panoramica di Sharpless 29 ottenuta dal VST | Zoom sulla regione di formazione stellare Sharpless 29 |
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| Zoom sull'incubatrice stellare IC 2944 e sui globuli di Thackeray | Zooming in on The Fried Egg Nebula | Chamaeleon I complex | The Eagle Nebula (2) |
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| The Eagle Nebula (1) | The Crab Nebula | Zooming in on the Rho Ophiuchi star formation region | IR/visible crossfade of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) |
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| Zooming in on the VISTA view of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) | Infrared/visible crossfade of the Monoceros R2 star-forming region | Panning across the VISTA view of the Tarantula Nebula | The Helix Nebula |
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| The Omega Nebula M17 | Zoom sulla nebulosa Sh2-284 | Zooming-in on the Tarantula Nebula with radio wavelengths | Video in dissolvenza: confronto tra le due vedute della Nebulosa Trifida in luce visibile e infrarossa. |
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| Zoom sulla nebulosa oscura LDN 483. | Zoom sulla veduta della Nebulosa Zampa di Gatto NGC 6334 fornita da ArTeMiS | Panoramica della testa della Nebulosa Gabbiano | La polvere della Cintura di Orione al setaccio (zoom) |
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| Zooming in on the VISTA view of the Tarantula Nebula | The emission nebula N44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | The emission nebula NGC 3603 | Primo piano dell'ammasso stellare NGC 6193 e della nebulosa NGC 6188 |
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| Un ingrandimento di NGC 6357 | Infrared/visible cross-fade of the VISTA Tarantula Nebula image | The Orion Nebula | The Serpens Nebula |
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