UKS014
Stars in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (a satellite galaxy
of the Milky Way)
AAT092
The dark cloud Barnard 86, the young star cluster NGC 6529 and
the Galactic plane. Zoom into AAT022.
In a million years the dark cloud will have turned into a star
cluster, and then in a few hundred million years the cluster will
have dispersed throughout the Milky Way.
UKS008
The Orion Nebula, the nearest region of massive star formation
to us, 1,500 light years away. Zoom into AAT029,
the Trapezium cluster - a stellar nursery, about 1 million years
old.
UKS018
The Pleiades or Seven Sisters, a youthful stellar cluster around
50 million years old, and just 400 light years from us.
AAT010
NGC 3293, a middle-aged cluster in the constellation of Carina,
8,500 light years away. Note the orange star - this is a Red Giant.
It is the most massive star in the cluster, having aged the fastest.
AAT089
The globular cluster Omega Centauri, an ancient star city, formed
when our Galaxy was born, around 10 billion years ago. It is 17,000
light years away and contains several million stars.
AAT095
The planetary nebula Shapley 1, a dying star. The red annulus
is the expelled envelope of the star, and it surrounds the burnt
out nuclear core, which forms a white dwarf star. Shapley 1 is
about 1,000 light years away.
UKS002
The Vela supernova remnant - the expanding blast wave from a supernova
explosion which occurred around 12,000 years ago. A pulsar, or
neutron star, has been left behind, just 10 km across and spinning
11 times a second. It is too faint to be seen in this image.
Lecture 4: 'Observing the Universe' and 'Astronomy in Antarctica'
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