Image: The Virgo Cluster

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Description: An image of the Virgo Cluster photographed by the Vera C. Rubin Telescope. Quoting from the websiteː "Made from over 1100 images captured by NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, this image contains an immense variety of objects, demonstrating the broad range of science Rubin will transform with its 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time. The image includes about 10 million galaxies" and is called the 'Cosmic Treasure Chest'. The full resolution image is 14.1 GB. "Unless otherwise noted in the caption information for an image, the credit line should be "RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA." Media Use Policyː https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/media-policy
Author: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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