Molecular Cloud LDN 10 in Milky Way Galaxy's Bulge | Euclid Space Telescope
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This is a picture of a dense molecular cloud in the foreground, called LDN 10, obscuring light from the Milky Way galaxy's bulge (yellow). These observations were made by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. The area is zoomed in ten times compared to the full image.
Image Description: A dense field of tiny, closely packed points of light fills the image. Most of the background is bright yellow and gold. A broad, irregular dark band runs diagonally across the center, forming connected black and dark-brown patches. Brighter clusters of pale yellow and white points appear above and below this dark band, with a few slightly bluish points scattered throughout.
The Euclid galactic bulge survey was conducted in early 2025 using Euclid’s optical camera VIS (monochromatic, one color). The colors were added using observations captured in summer 2025 with the Canada-France-Hawai'i Telescope's MegaCam camera (CFHT-Megacam) in Hawai’i. The colors captured by MegaCam are in optical light through three broad-band filters (u, g, and r) overlapping the very broad VIS band over the r-band. The appearance of the most luminous stars in these images varies from those generated from Euclid-only images with additional diffraction spikes and a subtle halo around the very bright stars. This a consequence of combining Euclid VIS data for their sensitivity and sharpness and CFHT-MegaCam for the colors. The distinct optical design of the two telescopes become apparent for brighter objects.
ESA's Euclid Space Telescope:
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid
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