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A Map of the Universe, 10 Years In the Making

Posted by timothy on from the so-it's-gotta-be-good dept.

gabbo529 writes "Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have created a map of the universe called the 2MASS Redshift Survey. The astronomers put in 10 laborious years in creating the map and it is what they call the most complete 3-D map of the local universe (out to a distance of 380 million light-years) ever created. 2MASS Redshift Survey extends closer to the Galactic plane than any other map of the universe before it; the region is generally obscured by dust."

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  1. Re:Asshats. Where's the 3D? by PvtVoid · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here you go. Dipshit.

  2. Re:Why is the equator empty? by pherth · · Score: 3, Informative

    It is the "shadow" of our own galaxy. This map plots objects which are far out of our own galaxy. If we look into directions where there are a lot of stars in our galaxy, the chance to detect outer-galaxy objects is small as they are behind our starts.