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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