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An ultradeep image that's full of galaxies!

Mar 23, 2012 3:00 PMNov 5, 2019 12:27 AM

What happens when you take a monster 4.1 meter telescope in the southern hemisphere and point it at the same patch of sky for 55 hours? This. Oh my, this:

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