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The Dark Energy Camera's New Image is Reminiscent of van Gogh

The 570 megapixel Dark Energy Camera captured this image of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud. It's one of the nearest star forming regions to Earth. R Coronae Australis, a variable binary system, lights up the orange cloud on the left. Dust lanes, newborn stars, and nebulae fill the frame. The globular cluster NGC 6723 is prominent in the upper right, though it's much farther away than Corona Australis. Image Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA. Image processing: R. Colombari & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

The Dark Energy Camera (DECam) has a massive 570 megapixel camera, and its new image is of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud. Corona Australis is one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth. It's not as well-studied as the Orion Molecular Cloud or Ophiuchus, but as DECam's new iage of Corona Australis shows, it's just as fascinating.



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