The Size of the SkyThe area of the whole sky is approximately 41,250 square degrees. The Hubble Space Telescope's ACS camera takes images that are 3.4' x 3.4 ' (0.0032° x 0.0032°). The HST has so far taken several hundred thousand images. At its current image capture rate, it would take the HST around two thousand years to completely photograph the sky.
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Location of images taken with the HST Most large telescopes have a similar field of view to the HST. |
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