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Can you spot these hidden cosmic jewels in the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's groundbreaking first image?

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The Rubin Observatory has unveiled its first image of the Virgo Cluster .

The 3,200 -megapixel image is so vast and detailed, it's beyond the comprehension of human eyes.

Rubin will spend the next 10 years taking a time-lapse movie of the entire night sky.

Many spiral galaxies are tilted edge on, with their faces pointed away from Earth .

Unlike with face-on galaxies, we see these objects as flattened, pancake-like disks cloaked in glowing dust.

Even if you look closely at this galaxy (NGC 4343), you still won't be able to make out its spiral arms.