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[[File:1.2-million-galaxies-map-slice.jpg]] | |||
Each dot in the picture at top indicates the position of a galaxy. | |||
The image covers about 1/20th of the sky, a slice of the universe 6 billion light-years wide (thus we see some of these galaxies 6 billion years into the past), 4.5 billion light-years high, and 500 million light-years thick. | |||
http://earthsky.org/space/1-2-million-galaxies-in-3d | |||
July 2016 - The largest three-dimensional map of our universe so far. It’s a map of 1.2 million galaxies over a quarter of the sky and over a volume of space of 650 cubic billion light-years. | |||
Sloan Digital Sky Survey -- https://www.sdss3.org/ | |||
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[[Category:NASA]] | |||
[[Category:Planet Citizen]] | |||
[[Category:Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists]] | |||
[[Category:Planetary Science]] | |||
[[Category:Space Science and Space Physics]] |
Revision as of 15:05, 17 July 2016
Each dot in the picture at top indicates the position of a galaxy.
The image covers about 1/20th of the sky, a slice of the universe 6 billion light-years wide (thus we see some of these galaxies 6 billion years into the past), 4.5 billion light-years high, and 500 million light-years thick.
http://earthsky.org/space/1-2-million-galaxies-in-3d
July 2016 - The largest three-dimensional map of our universe so far. It’s a map of 1.2 million galaxies over a quarter of the sky and over a volume of space of 650 cubic billion light-years.
Sloan Digital Sky Survey -- https://www.sdss3.org/
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