ESOcast 224: First Interstellar Visitors to the Solar System

By using ESO telescopes and other facilities, astronomers often glance into far-away planetary systems to gather clues about them. But, on rare occasions, scientists get to study these distant systems by looking much closer to home, when visitors from other corners of our galaxy drop by our Solar System. Meet the First Interstellar Visitors.

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ESO

Directed by: Herbert Zodet.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Caitlyn Boungiorno, Caroline Reid, Herbert Zodet and Bárbara Ferreira.
Narration: Sara Mendes da Costa.
Music: Johan B. Monell ( www.johanmonell.com ) – The Enemy Within 2.0 and STAN DART ( www.stan-dart.com ) – Reflections.
Footage and photos: ESO, M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada, Gennady Borisov, N. Risinger ( skysurvey.org ), NASA, ESA/Hubble, D. Jewitt (UCLA), Space Engine ( spaceengine.org ), C. Malin ( christophmalin.com ), B. Tafreshi ( twanight.org ), Y. Beletsky (LCO), M. Zamani and Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com ) .
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico, Olivier Hainaut and Mariya Lyubenova.

Видео ESOcast 224: First Interstellar Visitors to the Solar System канала European Southern Observatory (ESO)