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Euclid has arrived…

Here’s a little video update to accompany the news that, as of yesterday (28th July), the European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft has reached its orbit around L2, the second Lagrange Point of the Earth-Sun system:

More news is on the way. Commissioning of the instruments is now complete and the telescope is in focus. On Monday 31st July, ESA will release the first actual images from the Euclid telescope!

Stay tuned here.

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    “First Light” Images from Euclid | In the Dark Says:
    July 31, 2023 at 2:03 pm

    […] I promised a couple of days ago, the “first light” images from the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission have […]

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