One of the largest astronomical images ever made
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 10:20
in Astronomy & Space
Looking for a stunning new desktop image to wrap up the year? Try this: it's an amazing panorama of the Cygnus Loop, a supernova remnant located 1,500 light-years away in the constellation (you guessed it) Cygnus. The full-size image, acquired with the wide-field Mosaic camera on the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, is a staggering 600 millionpixels in size—over 1.68 gigabytes—making it one of the largest astronomical images ever made!