DECam’s Deep View of Abell 3667

noirlab_noirlab2524a August 4th, 2025

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: PI: Anthony Englert (Brown University)Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)

Abell 3667 — an actively merging galaxy cluster — is featured in this image assembled from over 28 hours of observations with the 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.

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Object Name: Abell 3667

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Subject Name: Abell 3667
Credits: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: PI: Anthony Englert (Brown University)Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)

Release Date: 2025-08-04T10:00:00
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Metadata Date: 2025-07-17T17:59:55+02:00
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