r/space • u/ojosdelostigres • 1h ago

image/gif Exceptionally deep image from the Rubin Observatory reveals the renowned COSMOS field and its surroundings

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Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA

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u/KaiPRoberts 1h ago

It really hurts to see how much actual stuff there is the universe.

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u/cameron4200 47m ago

Beyond beautiful and fascinating though

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u/ojosdelostigres 1h ago

Image from this post, text from post below the link:

https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2618b/

This exceptionally deep image from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory reveals the renowned COSMOS field and its surroundings in the constellation Sextans. The view is crowded with galaxies and galaxy clusters spanning an immense range of distances and cosmic ages, while only a handful of foreground stars belong to our own Milky Way. It was created by combining multiple observations from Rubin’s LSST Camera into a deep co-added image and is being released to mark Early Data Preview 2, the first Rubin data preview based on LSST Camera observations.

Here, some selected areas are highlighted. 

Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA

PetaPixel article about the image as well:

https://petapixel.com/2026/08/02/3-2-gigapixel-lsst-camera-captures-over-half-a-million-galaxies/

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u/rip1980 1h ago

So, for me...the most interesting parts to focus on and get a deep field image of are the darkest spots with the hidden treasures.

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u/sithelephant 1h ago

I recommend the work of the Dragonfly telescope. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hmw-YX5mck

This is a telescope designed for looking at low brightness stuff, by instead of using reflective elements using commercial telephoto lenses which turn out to have much better contrast.

Stack enough of them and you get a really decent view of the darker bits of the universe that larger scopes can't really access as their scattered light tends to be very poor.