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Astronomers capture spectacular ‘thousand colour’ image of the Sculptor Galaxy
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have created a thousand colour image of the nearby Sculptor Galaxy. First discovered by Carloine Herschel in 1783 the spiral galaxy lies 11 million light-years away and is one of the brightest galaxies in the sky.
It’s not every day we get to see a visual of the entire Sculptor Galaxy, located approximately 10-11 million light-years from Earth, in all its kaleidoscopic splendour.
If you've ever wanted a better look at deep space, you now have your chance. A treasure trove of data collected by the James ...
Image of the irregular dwarf galaxy Sextans ... which is a small dwarf galaxy with an unusual square shape that is located just 4 million light years away. Sextans A, shown above, is just a ...
Taken with the space observatory’s Mid-Infrared Instrument, or MIRI, the image showcases the galaxy’s smooth inner disk, rather than the glowing core that usually shines in visible light ...
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