Chile
The Detail in This New 1.3-Gigapixel Photo of a Supernova is Incredible
The Dark Energy Camera in Chile has captured a 1.3-gigapixel photo of the Vela Supernova Remnant, and it is as beautiful as it is novel.
Using the remarkable 570-megapixel Dark Energy Camera (DECam), astronomers have made a 1.3-gigapixel image of the ghostly Vela Supernova Remnant. The beautiful, detailed, and colorful image is the largest DECam image ever at 35,786 by 35,881 pixels, ... [2990 chars]