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Rubin First Look images

The Cosmic Treasure Chest (YouTube)

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Made from over 1100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the video above begins with a close-up of two galaxies then zooms out to reveal about 10 million galaxies. Those 10 million galaxies are roughly .05% of the approximately 20 billion galaxies Rubin Observatory will capture during its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time.
Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory