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    • Zoom to 2026 ED138 Observations
    • 2026 ED138 orbital arc (without annotations)
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    • 2026 ED138 orbital arc
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    • 2026 ED138 orbital pathway during May 2026
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    • 2026 ED138 orbit in 3D (with dwarf planets)
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    • Scale Comparison of Seagull Nebula to Trifid-Lagoon
    • Seagull Nebula captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory ComCam
    • A dense field of countless pinpoint stars fills the frame against the deep black of space, creating a fine, grainy texture like fine sand spread across a smooth table. Dozens of particularly bright stars in blue, yellow, and orange glitter across the scene like jewels. Wispy, grayish clouds of galactic dust drift across the center and right sides of the image, appearing soft and powder-like against the dark background. Scattered throughout the entire scene are stars and faint objects in shades of blue, yellow, and red. Some appear as sharp, solid points, while others are soft, diffuse smudges. Zooming in reveals that many of these tiny, faint smudges scattered between the stars are actually distant galaxies, varying from smooth, pebble-like blobs to faint, stretched lines.
      NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Looks Deep Into a Famous Cosmic Field
    • Pan on NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's Image of the COSMOS Field
    • Zoom on NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's Image of the COSMOS Field
    • Cutout from Rubin's COSMOS
    • A composite graphic titled "Rubin's COSMOS Field" features a dense central starfield marked with ten white boxes, surrounded by ten corresponding zoomed-in panels. The central view shows a sandy scatter of distant stars and faint smudges. The numbered outer panels highlight diverse galaxy structures: bright coiled spirals, smooth golden ellipticals glowing like polished stones, and distorted merging pairs with wispy, thread-like tails of stars.
      NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory Looks Deep Into a Famous Cosmic Field (selected excerpts)
    • A scale diagram of the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera field of view. A large white circle filled with a grid of small square tiles contains a wide astronomical image across its center. Inside the image, small nested wireframe boxes show the much smaller views of the Webb, Chandra, Hubble, and Spitzer telescopes. In the bottom-right corner, a full Moon image looks tiny next to the giant circle, showing how Rubin's camera covers an area much larger than the Moon.
      Footprints on COSMOS
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