Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video zooms into the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, the expanding remains of a star that died by detonating twice. This object is located 160 000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
This zoom was made by blending together images taken at different times with different telescopes. The video ends with an image captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which shows the distribution of different chemical elements ejected when the star died. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. This indicates that the star exploded with a double detonation.
For more details, check: eso.org/public/news/eso2511
Credit:
ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al. Music: Azul Cobalto
This video is available for download in various formats on: eso.org/public/videos/eso2511b
This video zooms into the supernova remnant SNR 0509-67.5, the expanding remains of a star that died by detonating twice. This object is located 160 000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
This zoom was made by blending together images taken at different times with different telescopes. The video ends with an image captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which shows the distribution of different chemical elements ejected when the star died. Calcium is shown in blue, and it is arranged in two concentric shells. This indicates that the star exploded with a double detonation.
For more details, check: eso.org/public/news/eso2511
Credit:
ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/Digitized Sky Survey 2/P. Das et al. Background stars (Hubble): K. Noll et al. Music: Azul Cobalto
This video is available for download in various formats on: eso.org/public/videos/eso2511b
