Have you ever imagine what the picture of the universe? It may be too complex. However, British astronomers have managed to make a breakthrough: mapping the universe in three dimensions.
It is the scientists from the University of Portsmouth who made the map 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) covering a distance of 380 million light-years, 45 000 galactic neighbors. To note the diameter of the Milky Way just over 100,000 million light years.
This is a three-dimensional map of the universe the most recent and complete - reveal new details about our position in the universe.
"I speak for all of us desire to understand our place in the universe," said Karen Masters from the University of Portsmouth, as published FoxNews, May 25, 2011. But work is still long. "I will not be happy if we do not have a complete map of the Earth. (Similarly, the map of the universe), it would be nice if we had complete."
The new map uses data from the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) Redshift Survey (2MRS) which took 10 years to scan the night sky, complete with near-infrared light. This survey used two telescopes on Earth that are in Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Mount Hopkins, Arizona and the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
The survey also charted in detail the areas that were previously hidden behind the Milky Way to better understand the influence of their movement to other parts of the universe.
It is the scientists from the University of Portsmouth who made the map 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) covering a distance of 380 million light-years, 45 000 galactic neighbors. To note the diameter of the Milky Way just over 100,000 million light years.
This is a three-dimensional map of the universe the most recent and complete - reveal new details about our position in the universe.
"I speak for all of us desire to understand our place in the universe," said Karen Masters from the University of Portsmouth, as published FoxNews, May 25, 2011. But work is still long. "I will not be happy if we do not have a complete map of the Earth. (Similarly, the map of the universe), it would be nice if we had complete."
The new map uses data from the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS) Redshift Survey (2MRS) which took 10 years to scan the night sky, complete with near-infrared light. This survey used two telescopes on Earth that are in Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Mount Hopkins, Arizona and the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
The survey also charted in detail the areas that were previously hidden behind the Milky Way to better understand the influence of their movement to other parts of the universe.
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