Dark Energy Survey maps 'astronomical' number of celestial objects

January 20 2021 - 10:00am
NGC 1566, also known as the Spanish Dancer, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado. Photo: DECam, DES Collaboration.
NGC 1566, also known as the Spanish Dancer, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado. Photo: DECam, DES Collaboration.

Nearly 700 million astronomical objects have been carefully catalogued and made public as part of a major international collaboration involving researchers from The Australian National University (ANU).

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