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Old September 10th, 2009 #5
CharlesEagan
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Originally Posted by steve b
Not sure. Isn't it a matter of just snapping a picture?
I thought when they got pictures like this from telescopes, they had to gather light for hours, then they make a composite out of all the data, because the light is so incredibly faint, it's 600 million light years away. I don't really know though. I'm pretty sure that's how they used to do it anyways.