Wednesday, September 19, 2012

ESO Dark Energy Camera Image: Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365

This image from the 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera on a mountaintop in Chile shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365.

The most powerful sky-mapping machine ever created has captured and recorded ancient starlight for the first time.

Picture: FERMILAB/US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY/AFP/Getty



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