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First images from Euclid are in

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ourmandave ◴[] No.41910443[source]
The mosaic contains 260 observations made between 25 March and 8 April 2024. In just two weeks, Euclid covered 132 square degrees of the Southern Sky in pristine detail, more than 500 times the area of the full Moon.

This mosaic accounts for 1% of the wide survey that Euclid will capture over six years. During this survey, the telescope observes the shapes, distances and motions of billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years. By doing this, it will create the largest cosmic 3D map ever made.

So my question is, what comes after Euclid?

Will the next one capture better details further out (if further is possible)?

Kind of like James Webb compared to Hubble.

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amatecha ◴[] No.41910573[source]
Since it's apparently a 3d map (?) I'd be curious if they will re-run the scan and compare between the scans? Pure speculation my part, but that would be pretty interesting, surely.
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1. spartanatreyu ◴[] No.41910830[source]
You're not going to see like galaxies moving, only very very close stars.

But you would spot transient phenomena like supernovae.