 Image from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | This is the remarkable first picture taken by the new $1.3billion radio telescope sitting high in the Chilean Andes. It shows two galaxies colliding in a view no other telescope on Earth or in space could capture. The shot is a teasing glimpse of the capabilities of the Atacama Large Array Telescope. This picture has been taken using only a quarter of the antennae it will have when it comes into full operation in 2013. But even now, this shot of the Antennae Galaxies is astonishing - showing off the telescope's exceptional power at detecting 'cold' matter using radio waves. The combined image shown would not be visible at all to visible-light and infrared telescopes. |
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