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The star cluster Terzan 5


This near-infrared image was obtained with the Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. Observations in two bands (J and K) were combined. The field of view is 40 arcseconds across.


Credit: ESO/F. Ferraro


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Around star cluster Terzan 5


This wide-field image, based on data from Digitized Sky Survey 2, shows the whole region around the stellar grouping Terzan 5.


Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2


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Zooming on Terzan 5


This video zooms in onto the cluster, starting from a wide view of the central parts of our home galaxy, and finishing with an amazing near-infrared image obtained with the Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope.


Credit: ESO/S. Guisard/Digitized Sky Survey 2/F. Ferraro


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