The Hubble Telescope is widely regarded as the most powerful telescope present on Earth. But these days, new technology has provided earth-bound telescopes with unparalleled strech. One such telescope can be found in Chile, and it has captured an image of space which was previously only seen by Hubble. Not only that, but this new 3D image has stretched the view further and made it even clearer.
There was one observation made by that telescope that helped identify several new galaxies that are present in space. Not only were they were pictured but their distance was also measurable and according to a report published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 181 of these new galaxies were identified.
Normally, finding and measuring such celestial bodies would take a considerable amount of time. However, with this new ultra-powerful telescope placed in Chile, the Astrophysicist Ronald Bacon, who is serving at University of Lyon in France, along with his companions, did it all in a single day.
So just how did they accomplish this feat? The scientis compared the pictures taken by this telescope and the pictures which were taken by Hubble in 1998. Then they utilized state-of-the-art camera technology that not only captures an image of the galaxy, but also informs the user as to the spectrum of light involved. Through this camera, they were able to not only go further in measuring the galaxies, but they also did it in one day, which is highly shocking. Despite the short turnaround time, the research team says they are pretty confident about their results.