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My works for ESO and ESA/Hubble

Here is a selection of images officially released by ESO, the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (shortly European Southern Observatory) or by ESA/Hubble. I have collaborated to the production of these images serving as an image processor.

The images shown in this page are copyrighted by ESO or by ESA/NASA. Please, refer to their respective webpage for the entire credit line.

 

5 July 2010

M13 seen by Hubble

30 June 2010

R Coronae Australis: A Cosmic Watercolour

28 June 2010

A Star's Colourful Final Splash

22 June 2010

Hubble caltures bubbles and baby stars

16 June 2010

VISTA Views the Sculptor Galaxy

14 June 2010

The little-known nebula
IRAS 05437+2502

8 June 2010

TRAPPIST First Light Image of the Tarantula Nebula

7 June 2010

The Unique Red Rectangle

1 June 2010

A Cosmic Zoo in the Large Magellanic Cloud

31 May 2010

NGC 3810: a Picture-perfect Spiral

31 May 2010

NGC 6118 the Blinking Galaxy

19 May 2010

The classic spiral M83 seen in the infrared

17 May 2010

A Clump of Galaxy Misfits

10 May 2010

IC4634's Glowing Waves

3 May 2010

The Dusty Beauty of NGC 2082

23 April 2010

ACS image of M72

21 April 2010

VISTA Captures the Cat's Paw Nebula

08 April 2010

Hubble snaps heavyweight of the Leo Triplet

31 March 2010

NTT image of Gum 19

04 March 2010

ACS image of ESO 306-17

03 March 2010

The Cosmic Bat NGC 1788

01 March 2010

Darth Vader's Galaxy, NGC 936

24 February 2010

Star forming region NGC 346

22 February 2010

The galaxy NGC 1427A

17 February 2010

The Fornax dwarf galaxy

11 February 2010

Saturn's aurorae offer stunning double show

10 February 2010

Orion in a New Light 

3 February 2010

The Stars Behing the Curtain 

20 January 2010

On the Trail of a Cosmic Cat

23 December 2009

ACS image of Messier 30

14 December 2009

Born in beauty: proplyds in the Orion Nebula

11 December 2009

VISTA: Pioneering New Survey Telescope Starts Work

01 December 2009

Blushing dusty nebula

25 November 2009

Terzan-5

18 November 2009

Hubble looks at sideways NGC 4710

17 November 2009

V445 Puppis

29 October 2009

A Hubble gem: the Jewel Box

29 October 2009

Opening up a Colourful Cosmic Jewel Box

14 October 2009

The Milky Way's Tiny but Tough Galactic Neighbour

13 October

Sky merger yields sparkling dividends

30 September 2009

Stripped down: Hubble highlights two galaxies that are losing it

28 September 2009

M8, the Lagoon Nebula

21 September 2009

Zooming to the Center of the Milky Way

9 September 2009

Rebirth of an icon: Hubble's first images since Servicing Mission 4

02 September 2009

NGC4945: The Milky Way's not-so-distant Cousin

31 August 2009

Cosmic Bubble NGC 6781

26 August 2009

Trifid Triple Treat

19 August 2009

A Look into the Hellish Cradles of Suns and Solar Systems

10 August 2009

The Galactic Glory of NGC 2280

05 August 2009

Double Engine for a Nebula

16 July 2009

An Eagle of Cosmic Proportions

07 July 2009

New portrait of Omega Nebula's glistering watercolours

01 July 2009

Astronomer's new guide to the galaxy: largest map of cold dust revealed

25 June 2009

Milky Way's super-efficient particle acceleretors caught in the act

04 June 2009

Stellar family in crowded, violent neighbourhood proves to be surprisingly normal

20 May 2009

Giant Galaxy Messier 87 finally sized up

07 April 2009

Dramatically backlit dust in giant galaxy NGC 7049

04 April 2009

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7793

04 April 2009

Irregular Galaxy NGC 55

16 March 2009

A Curious Pair of Galaxies

03 March 2009

Trio of Galaxies mixes it up

25 February 2009

Into the Eye of the Helix

12 February 2009

Strong Winds over the Keel - Carina Nebula shown in colourful detail

05 February 2009

Exceptionally deep view of strange galaxy

28 January 2009

Black hole outflows from Centaurus A detected with APEX

19 January 2009

Frantic activity revealed in dusty stellar factories

16 Dicember 2008

A Sparkling Spray of Stars

12 Dicember 2008

Astronomers Dissect a Supermassive Black Hole with Natural Magnifying Glasses

10 Dicember 2008

Unprecedented 16-Year Long Study Tracks Stars Orbiting Milky Way Black Hole

02 Dicember 2008

Omega Centauri — the glittering giant of the southern skies

25 November 2008

Hubble captures outstanding views of mammoth stars

18 November 2008

Astronomers detect matter torn apart by black hole

11 November 2008

APEX reveals glowing stellar nurseries

07 November 2008

A Pool of Distant Galaxies
The deepest ultraviolet image of the Universe yet

05 November 2008

Gone with the Wind

21 October 2008

A claret-coloured cloud with a massive heart

30 September 2008

When it comes to galaxies, diversity is everywhere

25 September 2008

The Wild, Hidden Cousin of SN 1987A 

2 September 2008

The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy

20 August 2008

Magnetic monster NGC 1275

24 July 2008

Lenses galore - Hubble finds large sample of very distant galaxies

09 May 2008

The Antennae Galaxies move closer

24 April 2008

Galaxies gone wild!

31 March 2008

Exploding star in NGC 2397

19 February 2008

Hubble discovers 67 gravitationally lensed galaxies in the distant Universe

05 February 2008

The gargantuan galaxy NGC 1132

29 November 2007

Holiday Wishes from the Hubble Space Telescope

02 October 2007

Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image

31 July 2007

Uncovering the Veil Nebula

02 May 2007

Hubble finds multiple stellar “baby booms” in a globular cluster

08 January 2007

New stars shed light on the past

11 December 2006

Star on a Hubble Diet

12 October 2006

Flies in a spider’s web: Galaxy caught in the making

14 August 2006

Large and small stars in harmonious coexistence

23 May 2006

Hubble captures a ‘five-star’ rated gravitational lens

18 April 2006

Magellanic gemstones in the southern sky

28 February 2006

Largest ever Hubble galaxy portrait —
stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy

01 December 2005

Most detailed image of the Crab Nebula


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The astronomical images presented in this site were created with the help of the ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator.