World’s most powerful digital camera opens eye, records first images in hunt for dark energy
Full Dark Energy Camera image of the Fornax cluster of galaxies, which lies about 60 million light years from Earth. The center of the cluster is the clump of galaxies in the upper portion of the image. The prominent galaxy in the lower right of the image is the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365.
Credit:Dark Energy Survey Collaboration
About the Image
Id: | noao1204a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Sept. 17, 2012 |
Related releases: | noao1204 |
Size: | 1362 x 2560 px |