What will the darkest galaxies bring to light?

September 19, 2015 by U of T News

A telescope co-invented by U of T Professor Roberto Abraham captures light from the darkest galaxies and will help explain how galaxies form and evolve.

The Dragonfly Telephoto Array, one of the smallest and most innovative astronomical telescopes in existence, uses a set of telephoto camera lenses to detect the structures of faint galaxies invisible to the most powerful terrestrial telescopes.