Euclid space telescope catches its first glimpse

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German research institutes are pleased with the first test images

An artist’s impression of the Euclid mission in space: - The Euclid missio
An artist’s impression of the Euclid mission in space: - The Euclid mission aims to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. The space telescope will create a map of the Universe’s large-scale structure across space and time by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years across more than a third of the sky. © ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA. Background galaxies: NASA, ESA, and S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO all images in original size All rights reserved!
Euclid, ESA’s newest space telescope with strong German participation, has delivered its first test images a few weeks after the rocket launch. They already show excellent image quality. Scientists from the Argelander Institute for Astronomy are involved in the mission. 

Euclid has two cameras: the VIS camera provides high-resolution images in visible light. In contrast, the NISP camera measures infrared light and produces images and spectra. ...
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