3.2-Gigapixel LSST Camera Captures Over Half a Million Galaxies
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- This single 3200-megapixel photo shows more than half a million galaxies and 50,000+ stars! Yahoo · 6d ago
- Rubin Gets a Closer Look at the COSMOS Field, Revealing More Than 650,000 Galaxies in One Image gizmodo.com · 6d ago
- Rubin Delivers First Science Catalog From Full Camera: 500,000 Galaxies Across 3,000 Square Degrees Tech Times · 6d ago
- The world’s largest digital camera captured more than 500,000 galaxies and 50,000 stars in one deep view of the universe The Times of India · 6d ago broke it first
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