MeerKAT Image of Radio Galaxies (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

MeerKAT Image of Radio Galaxies

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Thousands of galaxies are visible in this radio image covering a square degree of sky near the south celestial pole, made by the MeerKAT radio telescope array in South Africa. The brightest spots are luminous radio galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. The myriad faint dots are distant galaxies like our own Milky Way, too faint to have been detected before now, which reveal the star-formation history of the universe. Most galaxies are visible in the central part of the image, where the telescope is most sensitive.

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SARAO; NRAO/AUI/NSF

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