ESO publish 268megapixel image of M17

[SniffTheGlove]

Just read a news article about the ESO publishing a fantastic image of M17

ESO - eso1119a - VST image of the star-forming region Messier 17

[swampy]

Wow, nice find. They have lots of lovely stuff too.

Thanks

[Superewza]

I can't see 268mp mentioned anywhere in that article? Would be amazing if it was though... is there anywhere you can view the full resolution image? Like with gigapixel images

[swampy]

It took a while for me too. If you look at the column to the right of the picture, the options are there for the image at a number of resolutions and also as a wallpaper.

[ollieholt]

click on zoomable on the right hand side

[milesteg]

I can't see 268mp mentioned anywhere in that article? Would be amazing if it was though... is there anywhere you can view the full resolution image? Like with gigapixel images

on the original article is mentioned, here's a pic of the camera

ESO - eso1119d - OmegaCAM, the monster camera of the VLT Survey Telescope

the link to the article...more images on the right side

ESO - eso1119 - First Images from the VLT Survey Telescope

milesteg

[Thelonious]

Now that's massive. There is a nearly-100MB picture of the Orion Nebula in Wikipedia Commons. I've once clicked on it only for my Firefox to crash, so careful if you click on it. I used a download program to view it. Here's the link File:Orion Nebula with proplyd highlights (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg - Wikimedia Commons (This is just a preview, NOT the 100MB picture itself.)

[FraserClarke]

Nice to see VST working at last -- it's only 9 years late!!

[mcrossley]

Looks like their focus was off a tad to me

[dph1nm]

Nice to see VST working at last -- it's only 9 years late!!

That's what you get for dropping the primary mirror!

NigelM

[Telrad]

Stunning image of M17. Inspirational!

[rfdesigner]

Looks like their focus was off a tad to me

and their polar alignment! (image rotation)

Now I wonder.. how much are those cameras?

Derek

[toml42]

Yes, they were testing the new Omega camera, so they photographed the Omega Nebula, and also Omega Centauri ESO - eso1119b - VST image of the giant globular cluster Omega Centauri... Who said astronomers have no sense of humour?