‘God’s Hand’ captured by a dark energy camera? Know in detail about image and inside story

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Dark Energy Camera has captured a series of images of what looks like a ghostly hand extending towards a spiral galaxy, reports NDTV. These celestial structures have been named as “God’s Hand’ and are a cloud of gas and dust. This dark energy camera, which is known as the DECam, has been installed on the Victor M Blanco Telescope in Chile. This rare phenomenon is also known as the cometary globule and gives us a depth of the universe and its origins.

Cometary Globules

Cometary globules have no connection whatsoever with comets in the universe. These are shaped like comets and are made up of gas and dust with a glowing tail. New stars are present in their core and are created by heavy radiation from stars around them. Cometary Globules play an important role in the process of the birth of new stars and the developments within a galaxy.

Details of Images

The recent images captured in Chile of the ‘God’s Hand’, show CG 4, which is a cometary globule found in the Milky Way Galaxy in the constellation ‘Puppis’ which is 1300 light years away. CG 4 has dust and resembles a twisting hand. The direction of this ‘God’s Hand’ is pointing towards a spiral galaxy named ESO 257-19 (PGC 21338) which is believed to be 100 million light years away.

The DECam is a high-tech tool that is on the Victor M Blanco telescope in Chile. The camera has special filters that can pick up images that are distinct from others. It can pick up a faint red glow from ionized hydrogen.

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