Our colleagues of the innoFSPEC Multi-Channel Spectroscopy group have achieved great new results with their research on stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 300. By telling the story of how astronomy has reached this point, Prof. Dr. Martin M. Roth helps us understand why this result is so exciting. Visit the related blog here and learn more about:

• The history of spectroscopy in astronomy
• How galaxies can be turned from blurry patches of light to dazzling bubbles of stars
• How the MUSE instrument picks out individual stars in other galaxies
• That two new ESO telescopes will be able to investigate stars in other galaxies in even more detail

source: ESO