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Cosmic ray hits on sensors are rarely a serious problem, as they can be removed in almost all cases and have minimal impact on the science. So are you saying that the prominent "snow" in these images is entirely real reflections from physical particles in the field of view, and not an art...

It looks like there's so much going on in that photo. Can anyone provide annotated commentary on the features of that section of the rocket?

What accounts for the marked coloration? Was this false-colorized or otherwise manipulated in post? Because we've seen plenty of star-trail photos and I've never seen such variation captured in the visible spectrum.

Rapid distorted motion nears the Mercator mapping poles is related to the grotesque distortions of Greenland in standard Mercator mappings of the Earth (or flight paths from Tokyo to Washington, D.C. on same). Even if this is a Mercator-like projection, I was thinking that it covers such a narrow b...

Frequently, close stars are seen accelerating into a speedy elliptic arc that decays to near motionlessness, characteristic of a close encounter with a relatively large mass. But I can't see anything that they would obviously be orbiting. Are there a bunch of nearby black holes or something? The ra...

Frequently, close stars are seen accelerating into a speedy elliptic arc that decays to near motionlessness, characteristic of a close encounter with a relatively large mass. But I can't see anything that they would obviously be orbiting. Are there a bunch of nearby black holes or something?

If I'm reading the description correctly and looking at the aggregated signals: This galaxy 5 billion light years away has a burst that spans about half a degree? The same as the sun and moon? How can that possibly be right?

The telescopes seem to spend a lot of time pointed at lower angles. Wouldn't that increase atmospheric interference? Why not leave those observations to arrays in geographic locations where the observations could be made at higher angles (and hence through less atmosphere)?

the total exposure time is 29 hours I assume that for a field like this that roughly 35 arcminutes on a side, and since all exposure was in spectra viewable through our atmosphere, this could be done with an amateur telescope and camera? What would exposure time be to get the same detail and data f...

So what is that streak across the equator about 4 frames in?

What wavelengths were mapped to what colors in this image?

And why isn't this information provided for all false-color images?