The Hubble Deep Field photo hit me harder than I expected

I was looking up the specs on the original Hubble Deep Field image from 1995 and found out that it captured over 3,000 galaxies in a patch of sky the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length. That blew my mind because I always thought it was just a cool picture, not something that tiny. I found the details on NASA's site under some old press release. Has anyone else looked into how much of the universe is actually in those deep field shots?

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juliashah17d ago

That grain of sand comparison really puts it in perspective.

jordan90317d ago

My buddy Pete counted 12,000 grains once.