Google Maps' of the night sky: Astronomers create a new 'atlas of the universe' featu

[Peter1469]

Google Maps' of the night sky: Astronomers create a new 'atlas of the universe' featuring a MILLION previously undiscovered galaxies

Wow! This is amazing.

A large telescope in the Australian outback has helped astronomers create an 'atlas of the universe' featuring a million previously undiscovered distant galaxies.

The team, from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), mapped about three million galaxies in just 300 hours.


The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) broke records as it conducted its first survey of the entire southern sky - a process that has taken up to a decade using previous generations of telescopes.


The team have used the images to create a 'Google Maps' of the night sky that you can interact with and use to see details of far flung parts of the known universe.



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The team, from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), mapped about three million galaxies in just 300 hours

[jigglepete]

Cool! I use the Skymap app on my phone to get my astronomy geek on, but this is really neat Peter!

[Tahuyaman]

Cool! I use the Skymap app on my phone to get my astronomy geek on, but this is really neat Peter!

I have the SkyView app. I’ve never been all that interested in astronomy, but the app is kind of cool.

[texan]

That's cool!

[US Conservative]

Very cool. I use the apps with my binoculars to stargaze.