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Ghostly Cat’s Eye Nebula Shines In Space Telescope Calibration Image
A view of the Cat’s Eye Nebula during the calibration phase of Gaia, a Milky Way-mapping telescope. The pictures were taken on Jan. 23 (left) and Jan. 25, 2014. Credit: ESA/DPAC/Airbus DS
Here’s a glimpse of how a telescope gets ready for its main mission. The European Space Agency’s Gaia telescope is in the middle of a commissioning phase before mapping out the locations of stars and other objects in the Milky Way. While the nominal mission is not to take pictures, it is through these images that controllers can verify that the telescope is tuned properly to do its work.
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© Elizabeth Howell for Universe Today, 2014. |
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