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<\/figure><\/div>\n\nVERY LARGE TELESCOPE, 23 NOVEMBER 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n Galaxy NGC 1097, in the southern constellation of Fornax, the Furnace, doesn\u2019t have a common nickname like some other galaxies, but this rather beautiful barred spiral takes on a different character when you zoom in on its centre, as the ERIS (Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph) infrared camera at the VLT (Very Large Telescope) in Chile did to take its inaugural image. <\/p>\n\n From a distance of 45 million lightyears, we can see an active galaxy with a quasar-like core, which is also interacting with a companion. Three supernovae have also been observed in the galaxy since 1992. The ring of bright star-forming regions that has formed around the supermassive black hole at its centre is sending gas and dust inwards. The motion of this material causes new stars to form in the ring, which is 5,000 lightyears across, but takes up a portion of the sky less than 0.03 per cent the size of the full Moon. <\/p>\n\n DANIEL KINOUYE SOLAR TELESCOPE, 5 SEPTEMBER 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The Sun\u2019s chromosphere, the atmospheric layer above its surface but below the corona, usually appears red due to hydrogen-alpha emissions, but this image uses hydrogen-beta, making it more yellow. It can\u2019t usually be seen due to the Sun\u2019s brightness. The Inouye Telescope is new \u2013 this is one of its first images, celebrating its inauguration at Haleakal\u0101 Observatory. <\/p>\n\n HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 13 DECEMBER 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Inside the Large Magellanic Cloud lies a supernova remnant known as LMC N49. Its filaments and nebulosity paint the darkness with vivid colours, and it\u2019s thought to be 5,000 years old. It hides a soft gamma-ray repeater, which is probably a neutron star. The data is from the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, which was replaced in 2009, with up-to-date processing. <\/p>\n\n KECK II TELESCOPE, 1 DECEMBER 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Saturn\u2019s largest moon, Titan, has clouds in its atmosphere and we can see them. First spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s NIRCam, a follow-up observation was made the next day by the NIRC2 camera on the Keck II Telescope, near the summit of Mauna Kea, using adaptive optics. It saw that the clouds, the white areas at the top of the image, had changed shape. Titan is the only known moon with a thick atmosphere, and the clouds are likely made of methane. <\/p>\n\n HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, 18 NOVEMBER 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Behind this glorious orange molecular cloud lurks an object that one day will become a star. CB 130-3 is a dense core, the smallest and densest type of molecular cloud, and it sits in the constellation of Serpens Cauda, the Serpent\u2019s Tail. As the carrot-coloured cloud continues to collapse, its temperatures and densities will reach the threshold for fusion. Hubble\u2019s Wide Field Camera 3 shows the density and colour increasing towards the central area, where the protostar will ignite. <\/p>\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/01\/2d9b05f7-9d71-4bbb-a19c-de914560a03e.jpg\")
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\nSomething to hide <\/h4>\n\n