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223-Megapixel Photo Shows 16.5 Million Stars and Took Three Days to Capture

PetaPixel | Photography and Camera News [Unofficial] June 25, 2026
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spent 65 hours, or nearly three days, observing the famous spiral galaxy, Messier 82 (M82), also known as the Cigar galaxy. The resulting 223-megapixel image contains 16.5 million stars and brand-new details never seen before. [Read More]

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