Features of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy
This excerpt shows some of the interesting features in the image of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy taken with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, which is mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2429c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | Dec. 6, 2024, 1 p.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2429 |
| Size: | 4321 x 2200 px |
About the Object
| Category: | Galaxies |
