VST captures collisions in young galaxy cluster
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 06:31
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESOs Paranal Observatory in Chile has imaged a fascinating collection of interacting galaxies in the Hercules galaxy cluster. The sharpness of the new picture, and the hundreds of galaxies captured in great detail in less than three hours of observations, attest to the great power of the VST and its huge camera OmegaCAM to explore the nearby Universe.