Dark Energy Camera Snaps Breathtaking New Photo of NGC 1566

Using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-m Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, astronomers have captured this picture of the grand design spiral galaxy NGC 1566. NGC 1566 is situated roughly 70 million light-years away within the constellation of Dorado. Colloquially nicknamed the Spanish Dancer, this grand-design spiral […]