ANU Creates Best Map of the Southern Sky

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ANU Creates Best Map of the Southern Sky

Post by bystander » Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:48 pm

Australian Astronomers Create Best Map of the Southern Sky
Australian National University | 2017 Dec 13
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Astronomers at ANU have created the most comprehensive map of the southern sky that can be viewed online by anyone around the world.

The map includes about 70,000 individual images, capturing nearly 300 million stars and galaxies. ...

The map of the southern sky is available through an online portal at SkyMapper. The search bar can help viewers find well known objects in the southern sky with astronomical coordinates or common names, such as Eta Carinae or NGC 253 (also known as the Sculptor Galaxy). ...
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