View of southern region of the Virgo Cluster, including the Milky Way, from 55 million light-years away and taken from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. Courtesy of RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
We got a look at some of the first images from the world's largest telescope this week.
The intrigue: The NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile captured images on Monday like the one above that includes 10 million galaxies.
Rubin plans to capture some 20 billion galaxies over a 10-year project, according to a press release.
What they're saying: Michael Wood-Vasey, professor of astronomy at Pitt, lauded the images for expanding access to the cosmos.
"This is not a telescope just for some institution that had the money, or for someone who won time, these data are for everyone."
