Zooming in on Thor’s Helmet
This video sequence starts with a broad view of the Milky Way before closing in on the sky close to the familiar bright star Sirius. The final sequence shows a new VLT image of the Thor’s Helmet Nebula taken on the occasion of ESO’s 50th Anniversary, 5 October 2012, with the help of Brigitte Bailleul — winner of the Tweet Your Way to the VLT! competition.
Credit:ESO/B. Bailleul/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org).
Music: Disasterpeace
About the Video
| Id: | eso1238b |
| Release date: | 5 October 2012, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1238 |
| Duration: | 01 m 01 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
