Dark Energy Camera captures detailed view of striking peculiar galaxy

Dark Energy Camera captures detailed view of striking peculiar galaxy

Space Daily

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Washington DC (SPX) Sep 01, 2021

A spectacular portrait of the galaxy Centaurus A has been captured by astronomers using the Dark Energy Camera mounted on the Victor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. This galaxy's peculiar appearance - cloaked in dark tendrils of dust - stems from a past interaction with another galaxy, and its size and proximity to Earth make it one of the best-st

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