Extends for 13 million light years, the record map made for the group of galaxies “Abell 2255”.

It is located about 1 billion light years away from the Earth and the result is the result of the work of the radio telescope “Lofar” positioned in the Netherlands.

The observations lasted over 330 hours and the project was completed after 3 years of intensive work and volume data processing 200 terabytes, processed thanks to advanced computational systems.

It is the first time that the complete structure of the magnetic field from the core to the outermost and peripheral regions of this group of galaxies has been created.

The data have also shown a complete agreement with the theories.

The magnetic fields are not randomly oriented but are modeled by the movements of gases as they approach the cluster of galaxies. galaxies.

This grouping consists of about 300-500 galaxies and is found in the constellation Draco, one of the 48 constellations discovered and listed by the ancient Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy around 200 AD.

Source: prizrenpost