eso0620 — Photo Release

The Toucan's Diamond

VLT Image of a Unique Swarm of Stars, 47 Tuc

The Southern constellation Tucana (the Toucan) is probably best known as the home of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the satellite galaxies of the Milky Way. But Tucana also hosts another famous object that shines thousands of lights, like a magnificent, oversized diamond in the sky: the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. More popularly known as 47 Tuc, it is surpassed in size and brightness by only one other globular cluster, Omega Centauri.

Globular clusters are gigantic families of stars, comprising several tens of thousands of stars, all thought to be born at the same time from the same cloud of gas [1]. As such, they constitute unique laboratories for the study of how starsMueller Group

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Hot alternative guitar jazz! The Mueller Group blends jazz, rock and blues into a spicy gumbo! Heavily influenced by the Pat Metheny Group, but with an edgier, bouncier twist, the Mueller Group's new release will never leave your CD changer! The Mueller Group is a 4-piece instrumental jazz/rock group based out of Chicago's western suburbs. From acoustic improvised folk-jazz, through latin-flavored grooves, to searing electric blues, the Mueller Group draws upon a wealth of 20th century influences and blends them into their own instrumental mix. Two things remain consistent: the compositions are infectious and the improvisation is HOT!

Hot alternative guitar jazz! The Mueller Group blends jazz, rock and blues into a spicy gumbo! Heavily influenced by the Pat Metheny Group, but with an edgier, bouncier twist,