Dwarf Galaxy
Amazing Gigapixel Image of Small Magellanic Cloud Zooms In on Millions of Galaxies and Stars
The record-breaking image is so clear you can zoom in to see the heavenly bodies many worlds away. With the powerful Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope (VISTA), an international team of astronomers were able to capture a record-breaking image of the striking Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) that's the biggest -- not to mention clearest -- ever picture of the nearby dwarf galaxy.
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