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Mike Wehner
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- Countless images of galaxies have been snapped over the decades, but thanks to ever-advancing imaging technology, they just keep getting better and better.
- A new photo of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy — officially known as Messier 83 — might be the most impressive galactic image yet.
- The image was captured by DECam, the Dark Energy Camera that has completed its primary mission and is now "enjoying retirement."
Thanks to space telescopes like Hubble and others, we've gotten to see some truly stunning images of distant structures in space. It seems like these pictures get better and better every year, and as technology marches on we can always count on new and even more glorious pieces of stellar eye candy coming our way. However, the latest image to leave our jaws on the floor comes from a telescope that was designed to scan the skies in a space survey, but now that it's completed its primary mission, it's returning some incredible observations of solo targets.
The DECam, which stands for Dark Energy Camera, spent roughly six years conducting an extensive space survey, and since it still has some life left and considerable power to play with, its handlers used it to observe the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. The results speak for themselves.
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You won’t believe this incredible galaxy image is real originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 9 Feb 2021 at 22:12:16 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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