Location of Euclid’s galactic bulge survey

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ensci_euclid20260624b June 24th, 2026

Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, ESA/Gaia/DPAC

The location of Euclid’s new image of the galactic bulge is visible on Gaia’s map of the entire sky.

This callout shows the staggering resolution of Euclid’s image. The most zoomed-in vignette on the lower right corresponds to 0.003% of the galactic bulge survey area (which is 4.8 square degrees in total). With many thousands of stars discernible in this tiny area, the entire Euclid galactic bulge image charts no less than 60 million stars.

Image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre and E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay)

Provider: Euclid

Image Source: https://euclid.caltech.edu/image/euclid20260624b-location-of-euclid-s-galactic-bulge-survey

Curator: Euclid-ESA

Image Use Policy: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Collage
Object Name
Milky Way
Subject - Milky Way
Galaxy > Component > Bulge

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Euclid (VIS) Optical 700.0 nm
Green Euclid (NISP) Infrared 1.1 µm
Red Euclid (NISP) Infrared 1.7 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
euclid20260624b
Subject Category
B.5.4.1.  
Subject Name
Milky Way
Credits
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, CFHT, ESA/Gaia/DPAC
Release Date
2026-06-24
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://euclid.caltech.edu/image/euclid20260624b-location-of-euclid-s-galactic-bulge-survey
Type
Collage
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Euclid, Euclid, Euclid
Instrument
VIS, NISP, NISP
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
700, 1100, 1700
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
Euclid-ESA
URL
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
City
State/Province
Postal Code
Country
Rights
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Publisher
Euclid NASA Science Center at IPAC (ENSCI)
Publisher ID
ensci
Resource ID
Resource URL
http://www.euclid.caltech.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBdVlKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--3768dda3807410ad2894529c8a470e00e7171bed/EGBS-AllSkyGaia-Zooms-8K4K.tif
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Metadata Date
2026-11-12T17:40:14Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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