Astronomers Created a New Detailed Map of the Milky Way
The map is comprised of 21,400 individual exposures, with a final image showing a huge 3.32 billion celestial objects. The collected data accounts for around 6.5 percent of the entire night sky.
Astronomers have created a new and one of the most detailed maps of the Milky Way, which can be zoomed in and out to observe our galaxy's incredible scale.
The map is comprised of 21,400 individual exposures, with a final image showing a huge 3.32 billion celestial objects. The collected data accounts for around 6.5 percent of the entire night sky.
This enormous celestial catalog was built using data from the Dark Energy Camera.