Rubin Gets a Closer Look at the COSMOS Field, Revealing More Than 650,000 Galaxies in One Image
Rubin Observatory captures a well-documented patch of the universe in exceptional depth, revealing thousands of galaxies and stars that span across a wide range of distances and cosmic time. Using its 3.2-gigapixel camera, Rubin observed a region of the sky known as the COSMOS field to reveal more than 650,000 galaxies and over 50,000 stars packed in a single view. It serves as a prime spot for space telescopes to carry out sky surveys because it faces away from the crowded plane of the Milky Way galaxy, with only a few nearby stars and clouds of dust obscuring the view of the distant universe.
- ▪Rubin Observatory captures a well-documented patch of the universe in exceptional depth, revealing thousands of galaxies and stars that span across a wide range of distances and cosmic time.
- ▪Using its 3.2-gigapixel camera, Rubin observed a region of the sky known as the COSMOS field to reveal more than 650,000 galaxies and over 50,000 stars packed in a single view.
- ▪It serves as a prime spot for space telescopes to carry out sky surveys because it faces away from the crowded plane of the Milky Way galaxy, with only a few nearby stars and clouds of dust obscuring the view of the distant universe.
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A new image from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captures a well-documented patch of the universe in exceptional depth, revealing thousands of galaxies and stars that span across a wide range of distances and cosmic time. Using its 3.2-gigapixel camera, Rubin observed a region of the sky known as the COSMOS field to reveal more than 650,000 galaxies and over 50,000 stars packed in a single view. The new image provides a closer look at one of the most observed patches of the universe, adding a more detailed and dynamic view of this…
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