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Consider the Lobster<\/h2>\n\n

EYE ON THE SKY<\/span><\/h5>\n\n

Our roundup of this month\u2019s best images from the world\u2019s best telescopes<\/p>\n\n

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VICTOR M BLANCO TELESCOPE, 12 SEPTEMBER 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

This spectacular image marks 10 years of Cerro Tololo Observatory\u2019s dark-energy-hunting camera <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The Lobster Nebula, NGC 6357 in Scorpius, glows majestically in this image taken by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) at NOIRLab\u2019s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, high in the Chilean Andes. The 570-megapixel image shows a starforming region 8,000 lightyears from Earth in which twisting braids of dust are shaped by magnetic fields, winds and radiation, and protostars shine through cocoons of the material that formed them. <\/p>\n\n

It was released to celebrate DECam\u2019s 10th year of operation, a decade in which the four-tonne camera, the Blanco Telescope\u2019s primary instrument, has taken over a million images. Studying hundreds of millions of galaxies, their motions and conditions, its mission is to investigate the mystery of the unknown force that seems to be speeding up the expansion of the Universe \u2013 dark energy. Joining the hunt is the upcoming Vera C Rubin Observatory, which you can find out more about here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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MORE ONLINE <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Explore a gallery of these and more stunning space images <\/strong>www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/bonus-content\/GD67VIT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n

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