Five galaxy portraits by the Italian VST telescope

Image of the spiral galaxy IC 5332, located at a distance of about 30 million light years from us, captured by the VST (VLT Survey Telescope), an Italian telescope managed by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, Chile. Credit: INAF/VST-SMASH/C. Tortora et al. (2024)

Image of the irregular galaxy NGC 5253, located at a distance of about 11 million light years from us, captured by the VST (VLT Survey Telescope), an Italian telescope managed by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, Chile. Credit: INAF/VST-SMASH/C. Tortora et al. (2024)

Image of the spiral galaxy known as Southern Pinwheel (also referred to as NGC 5236 or M 83), located at a distance of about 15 million light years from us, captured by the VST (VLT Survey Telescope), an Italian telescope managed by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, Chile. Credit: INAF/VST-SMASH/C. Tortora et al. (2024)

Image of the irregular dwarf galaxy Sextans A, located at a distance of about 4 million light years from us, towards the edge of the Local Group, captured by the VST (VLT Survey Telescope), an Italian telescope managed by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, Chile. Credit: INAF/VST-SMASH/C. Tortora et al. (2024)