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Re:New 10 Terapixel Image of the Night Sky Contains 1B Galaxies by megous on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:26AM (#26074204)
https://viewer.legacysurvey.org/?ra=343.4832&dec=-6.5823&lay...

This one ^^^ is curious. Kinda looks like it's burning. (I know, all are burning, but whatever.)

https://viewer.legacysurvey.org/?ra=346.0946&dec=-4.8791&lay...

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Re:New 10 Terapixel Image of the Night Sky Contains 1B Galaxies by ordu on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @01:39AM (#26074589)
I've found better. =)

https://viewer.legacysurvey.org/?ra=32.2993&dec=-43.5177&lay...

Though seems like an artifact for me.

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Re:New 10 Terapixel Image of the Night Sky Contains 1B Galaxies by dstndstn on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:40AM (#26077286)
A very bright star (well, you'd barely be able to see it with your own eyes in a very dark spot). Wreaks havoc on our detectors and data processing algorithms!
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