Rubin Observatory’s first released image reveals about 10 million galaxies in the southern Virgo Cluster region.
The deep 25-square-degree view was created by combining 1185 exposures taken over 7 nights, showcasing the observatory’s wide, fast imaging capabilities.
Bright foreground stars help map the Milky Way’s structure, while moving asteroid streaks demonstrate Rubin’s ability to detect and track Solar System objects.
Over its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time, Rubin will image roughly 20 billion galaxies and identify up to 10 million nightly changes to study transient cosmic events.
Future data will enable investigations into galaxy formation, dark matter and dark energy, Solar System inventories, and short-lived phenomena.
The 3200-megapixel LSST Camera is the world’s largest digital camera, producing ultra-wide, high-definition, time-lapse sky images.
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