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.