The most-powerful digital camera ever built has released its first images of the universe. More than two decades in the making, the US-funded, 800-million dollar Vera C. Rubin Observatory sits atop a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert. The images are composites showing the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas, and the Virgo cluster. Over the next decade it will continually scan the night sky -- searching for new celestial objects. 00:00 New telescope releases first images 00:29 Keith Cowing For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 #chile #telescope #universe
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The most-powerful digital camera ever built has released its first images of the universe. More than two decades in the making, the US-funded, 800-million dollar Vera C. Rubin Observatory sits atop a mountain in Chile's Atacama Desert. The images are composites showing the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas, and the Virgo cluster. Over the next decade it will continually scan the night sky -- searching for new celestial objects. 00:00 New telescope releases first images 00:29 Keith Cowing For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1 #chile #telescope #universe
