Rubin Gets a Closer Look at the COSMOS Field, Revealing More Than 650,000 Galaxies in One Image
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- A view of half a million galaxies in a 3.2-gigapixel photo Universe Space Tech · 4d ago
- This single 3200-megapixel photo contains more than half a million galaxies and 50,000+ stars. Vera Rubin scientists say this is just the beginning Digital Camera World · 4d ago
- World’s largest digital camera captures over 500,000 galaxies in spectacular new image starlust.org · 4d ago
- Rubin Observatory opens a deep window on a famous cosmic field Phys.org · 4d ago broke it first
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