Dark Matter Search
The unmodified HST image shows the region is actually so devoid of stars that far more distant background galaxies can easily be seen.
Credit:
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9441a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 17 October 1994, 05:00 |
| Size: | 749 x 770 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Constellation Eridanus, Galactic halo |
| Type: | • Galaxies Images/Videos • Cosmology Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
