The 2MASS RedÂshift SurÂvey (details here) took 10 years to comÂplete, and it has now yieldÂed the finest 3D map of the uniÂverse ever made, catÂaÂloguÂing more than 43,000 galaxÂies withÂin 380 milÂlion light-years from Earth. The new map was preÂsentÂed last week at the 218th meetÂing of the AmerÂiÂcan AstroÂnomÂiÂcal SociÂety. You can view the map in a much bigÂger forÂmat here and, as one user sugÂgests, you may want to “right click and save as deskÂtop backÂground.”
Space.com has more details on this incredÂiÂble mapÂping project. Thanks Robin for sendÂing along.
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Right click… save as deskÂtop backÂground.
Right click… save as deskÂtop backÂground.
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AmazÂing…
IncredÂiÂble map of the uniÂverse.
whats the black un-mapped part O.O.…..
the black area appears to be our milky way and its disc blockÂing light from being picked up by the surÂvey. from our point of view in the uniÂverse we are lookÂing out of a galaxy. part of it obscures our vision.
Hi
43,000 galaxÂies if you comÂpare it to the numÂber of galaxÂies in the visÂiÂble part of uniÂverse for us — around 25 bilÂlions and knowÂing it is only very small part of all — it is quite poor numÂber. But very interÂestÂing map tho.
Saved as deskÂtop backÂground!