NOIRLab noirlab2208: Spanish Dancer Galaxy Twirls into View from NSF’s NOIRLab in Chile — DOE-funded Dark Energy Camera captures a trove of celestial phenomena in one shot. This image, taken by astronomers using the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, captures the galaxy NGC 1566 as it twirls, flinging its arms through the vastness of space. ...

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Spanish Dancer Galaxy Twirls into View from NSF’s NOIRLab in Chile
22 Feb. 2022 — NOIRLab Photo Release noirlab2208

This image, taken by astronomers using the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, captures the galaxy NGC 1566 as it twirls, flinging its arms through the vastness of space. Colloquially nicknamed the Spanish Dancer, this spiral galaxy is often studied by astronomers learning about galaxy groups, stars of different ages, and galactic black holes.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2208/

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22 Feb. 2022




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