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Technicolor Galaxies

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CRAWLEY, Australia, Nov. 4, 2016— Imagine being able to “see” radio waves. The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) telescope can do just that by showing the viewer what the Universe would look like if human eyes could in fact see radio waves. The GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA, or GLEAM survey has produced a catalogue of 300,000 galaxies in what researchers are describing as “technicolor” in nature. The human eye sees brightness by comparing three different primary colors of red, green and blue. According to lead author Natasha Hurley-Walker, of Curtin University and the International Centre...Read full article

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    Published: November 2016
    Glossary
    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    technicolor
    The color process that is used to form positive color cine films by dye transfer or imbibition, based on the use of separate matrices that superimpose yellow, magenta and cyan dye images on the final support.
    astronomyMWA telescopetechnicolorInternational Centre for Radio Astronomy ResearchGLEAMradio wavesOpticsImagingLight Sources

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