Astronomers capture most detailed thousand-colour image of a galaxy
Hey, Space Placers!
Astronomers have created a galactic masterpiece: an ultra-detailed image that reveals previously unseen features in the Sculptor Galaxy. Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), they observed this nearby galaxy in thousands of colours simultaneously. By capturing vast amounts of data at every single location, they created a galaxy-wide snapshot of the lives of stars within Sculptor.
Get the story behind this amazing astrophotograph.
For comparison, here is the view of the Sculptor Galaxy in my Unistellar telescope. You can see some of the same regions in my astropic as the VLT which is pretty amazing considering it is a 12-minute exposure through a 3.5-inch smart telescope!
Unistellar telescope image of the Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253
Greg Redfern
Sky Guy in VA
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