The spectacular dust lane of the galaxy Centaurus A is on full display in this gorgeous image snapped by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
The dark branches of dust that appear draped across the galaxy’s inner bulge are consequences of a past collision, when an elliptical galaxy merged with a smaller spiral galaxy. The result is a peculiar galaxy that doesn’t fit neatly into traditional
The dark branches of dust that appear draped across the galaxy’s inner bulge are consequences of a past collision, when an elliptical galaxy merged with a smaller spiral galaxy. The result is a peculiar galaxy that doesn’t fit neatly into traditional