Euclid Consortium on Nostr: Another feature that you can see in #ESAEuclid's first images: What are these? ...

Another feature that you can see in #ESAEuclid's first images: What are these? Satellite streaks 🛰️? Asteroids ☄️? Superwoman (or Superman) 🦸🏽 ?

No, much smaller: these are traces by #CosmicRays ⚡, hitting #Euclid's #VIS and #NISP detectors directly, depositing energy and electric charges in their pixels.

Read more about all the features and objects you can see in #Euclid's #FirstLight images:

👉 https://www.euclid-ec.org/whats-in-euclids-first-light-images

#ESA #DarkMatter #DarkEnergy #astrodon #astronomy #space