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Getting Ready To Map The (Visible) Universe

Posted by timothy on from the just-our-little-neighborhood-really dept.

phanki writes "The Arecibo Observatory is gearing up to map the universe soon. This article talks about the university getting a set of new radio recievers to complete the background work for the mapping process. So very soon we may have the map for the Andromeda !"

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  1. Re:Final Fontier by dpp · · Score: 3, Informative

    True, those objects block our view at optical wavelengths, but they can be transparent (well, optically thin) at submillimetre wavelengths. I work for the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, which is the world's largest single-dish submillimetre-wave telescope. The JCMT has, for example, seen into the cores of the famous pillars in the Eagle Nebula.

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    This post is strictly my own opinion and not necessarily that of my employer.