CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Hubble Space Telescope image of Arp 12, also known as NGC 2608.NGC 2608 is a barred spiral galaxy. Its arms are peppered by blue star clusters and red star forming regions. The arms are anchored together by the prominent horizontal central bar of the galaxy, which is crossed by brown dust lanes.Credit: ESA, NASA, A. Riess et al.Source: https://esahubble.org/images/potw2023#ArpGalaxy #Galaxy #Space #Astronomy #Hubble

The full scope of Paranal’s beauty 🤩Right in front, one of the movable ATs stands tall, while the UTs are scanning the sky.The lasers emerging from the UTs create each a bright artificial star on the sky to correct observations for the blurring effect of the atmosphere. Until recently, only one UT was equipped with lasers. But now one additional laser has been installed in the other 3.Discover why: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2606a/ A. Trigo/ESO#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science