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Ground-based view of the LMC galaxy
Image of the LMC acquired at the ESO La Silla Observatory.
Credits: Zdenek Bardon/ESO
TIFF format (32 MB): LMC_ESO_HR.tiff
Additional formats can be downloaded from the ESO web site
Stellar collisions
The upper illustration shows a view of direct collisions: two low-mass stars in a overcrowded environment experience a head-on collision, combining their fuel and mass to form a new, single, hot (hence blue) and seemingly young star.
The lower illustration depicts the effect of collisions in shrinking binary systems and promoting "vampirism": a pair of stars where the lower-mass object drains its heavier companion of hydrogen, that fuels its rebirth.
Credits: NASA/ESA
JPG format (1.7 MB): Stellar_collisions.jpg
Stellar collisions in a video
The video shows the animation of a direct collision between two stars in a globular cluster.
Credits: NASA/ESA
mp4 format (1.4 MB): Stellar_collisions.mp4
The HST view of the five old LMC clusters
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