With Euclid's First Dazzling Images, Webb Finds a Worthy Rival in Deep Space

Irregular galaxy NGC 6822

Image: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi

The third image shared by ESA was the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, which the Webb Space Telescope imaged earlier this year. It only took Euclid an hour to image the galaxy and its environs in detail, a feat not possible for ground-based telescopes or even observatories like Webb, which focus on smaller sections of the sky.

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