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ACS@HST view of Terzan 5

I-band image covering the central 40"x40" region of Terzan 5, obtained with ACS@HST.

North is up, East is left.

Credits: F. R. Ferraro / E. Dalessandro (UniBO)

Postscript format (85 MB): Ter5_ACS_Iband.ps

PDF format (6 MB): Ter5_ACS_Iband.pdf

JPEG format (6 MB): Ter5_ACS_Iband.jpg

MAD@ESO-VLT view of Terzan 5

The deepest K-band image ever obtained for Terzan 5. These observations have been performed with the Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) installed at the ESO-VLT (Cile). 

Credits: ESO/F. R. Ferraro

TIFF format (1.7 MB): Ter5_MAD.tif

JPEG format (353 KB): Ter5_MAD.jpg

NIRC2@Keck view of Terzan 5

K-band of Terzan 5 obtained with NIRC2 at the Keck Telescope (USA). These observations deeply explored a region at ~20" East from the centre of the system.

The image field of view is 40"x40". North is up, East is left.

Credits: F. R. Ferraro / E. Dalessandro (UniBO)

TIFF format (2 MB): Ter5_NIRC2_Kband.tiff

Large TIFF format (17 MB): Ter5_NIRC2_Kband_L.tif

JPEG format (800 KB): Ter5_NIRC2_Kband.jpg

WFC3@HST view of Terzan 5

H-band image of Terzan 5 obtained with the WFC3@HST.

The image field of view is 90"x90". North is up, East is left.

Credits: F. R. Ferraro / E. Dalessandro (UniBO)

TIFF format (2 MB): Ter5_WFC3_Hband.tiff

Large TIFF format (17 MB): Ter5_WFC3_Hband_L.tif

JPEG format (600 MB): Ter5_WFC3_Hband.jpg

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: Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)/DSS/Hubble. Music: Johan B. Monell

mp4 format (12.9 MB) Ter5_zoom.mp4

The stellar system Terzan 5

Credits: NASA/ESA/Hubble/F. R. Ferraro

TIFF (21 MB): heic1617a.tif

JPEG format (4 MB): heic1617a.jpg

JPEG format (400 KB): heic1617a_sm.jpg