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First images from Euclid are in

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655 points mooreds | 2 comments | 21 Oct 24 20:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.441s | source
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neom ◴[22 Oct 24 00:08 UTC] No.41909872[source]▶
Some of that zooming in made me feel pretty damn uncomfortable. It really is f'ing massive out there huh. Makes me wonder what this is all about, I'm sure it's something, I wonder what. :)
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dyauspitr ◴[22 Oct 24 03:10 UTC] No.41910845[source]▶
It’s ridiculous. That final zoomed in image that showed one galaxy has maybe 300 million stars in it. Just that one. The scope is… unbelievable silly.
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1. Keysh ◴[22 Oct 24 08:11 UTC] No.41912249[source]▶
Probably closer to 300 billion stars. (It's roughly the same size as the Milky Way, which is estimated to have ~ 100 to 400 billion stars.)
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2. cubefox ◴[22 Oct 24 10:35 UTC] No.41912957[source]▶
Unbelievable