Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3258 in the Antlia Galaxy Cluster

Elliptical Galaxy NGC 3258 in the Antlia Galaxy Cluster

Elliptical galaxy NGC 3258, found within a larger image of the Antlia Cluster—a group of at least 230 galaxies located about 130 million light-years away. This image was taken with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.

Credit: Dark Energy Survey / DOE / FNAL / DECam / CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA
Image Processing: R. Colombari & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Release Date: Jan. 1, 2025

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