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Re:Euclid's First Images by h1fra on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @01:22PM (#38180708)
I started saying "this image is so noisy" but all the dots are actually stars, it's incredible!
Re:Euclid's First Images by taylorlapeyre on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @01:27PM (#38180767)
They aren't stars, they're galaxies!
Re:Euclid's First Images by mr_mitm on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @01:29PM (#38180797)
Depends on which picture you're looking at
Re:Euclid's First Images by dylan604 on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @02:23PM (#38181529)
Depends on which dots you're looking at
Re:Euclid's First Images by ySteeK on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:19PM (#38182218)
Depends on which post u are refering it
Re:Euclid's First Images by adonovan on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @11:21PM (#38186760)
It blew my mind when I realized that all but about a dozen of the points of light that you can see at night with the naked eye are actual stars... but nearly every point of light in the Hubble deep field is a galaxy of 10^8 stars.