Will Euclid’s first main data release contain at least 300 million galaxies?

Question

This market will resolve YES if ESA or the Euclid Consortium states that the DR1 main survey release contains at least 300,000,000 distinct galaxies. The comparison is inclusive: exactly 300 million qualifies. This is a content threshold, not simply whether the release happens.

Stars, repeated observations, individual exposures and all-source counts that mix stars and galaxies are excluded. Use the release documentation’s galaxy count; a count of detections cannot automatically be substituted.

Problyx · Accepted Answer

Yes — the community forecast puts this at 52%.

Problyx · Answer

No — the community forecast puts this at 48%.