The Vera Rubin Observatory team in Chile published its first images this Monday, June 23, revealing impressive views of galaxies and distant regions where the stars are formed.
This giant telescope funded by the National Foundation for Science and the US Ministry of Energy is in Chile, an ideal place to observe the cosmos, thanks to a low cloud cover and a dry climate.
Unpublished detail level
After establishing more than 20 years to emerge, the observatory published its first images, including that of the Nebula and the nebula of the Lagoon, several thousand light years from the earth. This image of a brilliant pink on a red-orange background is the result of 678 shots made in the seven-hour space.
Reveals the nursery of these children within our Milky Way at an unprecedented level of detail, which makes the elements clearly visible before they are observed.
Another image offers an incredible view of the Virgin Galaxies Group. The observatory team has also published a video called “Cosmic Treasure Chest” with a closure in two galaxies that ends up gradually revealing about ten million more.
“The Rubin Observatory is an investment in our future, which today will establish the cornerstone of knowledge about which our children will proudly build,” said Michael Kratsios, head of the White House Scientific and Technological Policy.
The name of the astronomer who discovered dark matter
Equipped with a 8.4 -meter telescope and the largest astronomical chamber ever built in the world, the observatory is based on a powerful data processing system.
Later in the year, the project “The Legacy Survey of Space and Time” (LSST) will begin, which will allow, in the next decade, sweep the sky every night, capture the most subtle changes with unparalleled precision.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is called American astronomer who discovered dark matter, a mysterious issue that acts as a cement of galaxies, preventing the stars from being expelled. Black Energy is a mysterious force responsible for the expansion of the universe. Together, dark energy and matter are supposed to constitute 95% of the universe.
2,104 new asteroids in just ten hours
The observatory is also considered one of the most powerful instruments to follow asteroids.
In just ten hours, he discovered 2,104 new asteroids in our solar system, including seven near Earth and did not represent danger. All other combined observatories, either in space or on earth, discover about 20,000 new asteroids per year.
It should also be the most effective in identifying interstellar objects that cross our solar system. The new images must be released this Monday at 5 pm Monday (Paris time).
Source: BFM TV
