Rubin Observatory Unveils 500,000+ Galaxies in a 3.2-Gigapixel COSMOS Deep Field
TL;DR
Rubin Observatory’s 3.2-gigapixel LSST camera captured a deep-field image of the COSMOS patch, stacking hundreds of exposures to reveal more than half a million galaxies as the telescope begins its decade-long mission to repeatedly image the sky and study galaxy evolution and transient phenomena.
- 3.2-Gigapixel LSST Camera Captures Over Half a Million Galaxies PetaPixel
- Rubin Observatory begins landmark 10-year timelapse of night sky Technology Org
- Rubin's COSMOS Rubin Observatory
- 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
- Rubin Looks Deep Into a Famous Cosmic Field NOIRLab
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