Can You Spot It?

Right in the middle of this image, nestled amongst a smattering of distant stars and even more distant galaxies, lies the newly discovered dwarf galaxy known as Donatiello II. If you cannot quite distinguish the clump of faint stars that is all we can see of Donatiello II in this image, then you are in good company. Donatiello II is one of three newly discovered galaxies that were so difficult to spot that they were all missed by an algorithm designed to search astronomical data for potential galaxy candidates. Even the best algorithms have their limitations when it comes to distinguishing very faint galaxies from individual stars and background noise. In these most challenging identification cases, discovery has to be done the old-fashioned way — by a dedicated human trawling through the data themselves.

Credit:
ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Mutlu-Pakdil
Acknowledgement: G. Donatiello

[Lyfa]

It's absolutely breathtaking how vast the universe is, even if we only see a little of it. Every light dot is a galaxy with billions of stars and planets.... There surely is life out there, it has to be.

[starpawsy]

If you cant spot it, there is something very wrong with either your eyes or your computer monitor.

[krishndas]

Thanks🌌🌌, आइए हम सभी ईश्वर से प्रार्थना करें कि यूक्रेन और रूस का युद्ध तुरंत बंद हो जाए, मानवता खत्म होती जा रही है, जब इंसान ही नहीं रहेंगे तो युद्ध जीतकर या हारकर क्या होगा, हे ईश्वर इस युद्ध को रोकिए और शांति प्रदान कीजिए 😭