Triplet Galaxies Revealed by World's Most Advanced Telescope

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

The bright galaxies NGC 3628, M 65, and M 66 lie within the constellation Leo. Europe's VLT Survey telescope's 268-megapixel camera grabbed this wide angle image, expected to yield insight into dark matter and the odd behavior of galactic halos.

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