Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A new survey called the 3D-DASH (3D Drift And SHift) uses Hubble to make an infrared survey of the sky about six times the size of the full Moon! It points the telescopes at one spot and allows it to drift a little bit during the exposure instead of taking the time to lock onto a guide star. It then shifts to a new spot and repeats, building up a deep image of distant galaxies, some over 10 billion light-years from Earth!

Credit: Lamiya Mowla (used with permission)

Original GIF: mpia.de/news/institute-reports/2022-3d-dash