Centaurus A Galaxy Wall Art including Frame Sizes:LARGE (30x30) intriguing or visually attractive objects

intriguing or visually attractive objects using ESO telescopes

The image was taken in visible light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on June 3

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

What do you see

5 light-years high

Centaurus A Galaxy Wall Art including Frame Sizes:LARGE (30x30) intriguing or visually attractive objectsFull field of view image (in false colour) obtained during the Test Bed Telescopes first light tests at ESOs La Silla Observatory in Chile. The individual light sources are stars, with the galaxy Centaurus A visible in the centre of the image. While the telescope will be used to detect near Earth objects rather than observing galaxies, images like these are important to test if the telescope is working as expected. Even during its commissioning phase,