Friday, August 9, 2013

Pioneering radiation camera captures striking images of the Swan Nebula and galaxies millions of light years away

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August 9, 2013 - Daily Mail
The latest specialist equipment from the Gemini Observatory in Chile has used infrared imaging to capture striking images of the Swan Nebula situated around 6,000 light years from Earth.

The second-generation FLAMINGOS-2 camera has also snapped unique high-resolution images from the heart of a spiral galaxy as well as a ring of star formation.

FLAMINGOS-2 is spectroscopic, which means it has been designed to specifically study and record matter and radiation energy in space.
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