Color view of M31 (The Andromeda Galaxy), with M32 (a satellite galaxy) shown to the lower left. Credit and copyright: Terry Hancock.
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia undertaking is an ambitious project. Having first departed in December of 2013, the main objective of this space observatory has been to measure the location and distances of 1 billion objects – along with stars, more-solar planets, comets, asteroids and even quasars. From this, astronomers hope to create the maximum precise three-D area catalog of the cosmos ever made.
Back in 2016, the first batch of Gaia record data(based on its first 14 months in area) turned out. Since then, scientists were poring over the raw facts to attain clearer pix of the neighboring stars and galaxies that have been studied by way of the project.
The present day snap shots to be launched, based on Gaia facts, covered revealing pix of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the Andromeda galaxy, and the Triangulum galaxy.
And without further ado - what an amazing image we have!
Gaia’s view of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC
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