Gargantuan Astronomical Data Tapestry of the Milky Way
Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects — arguably the largest such catalog so far. The data for this unprecedented survey were taken with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at the NSF’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NOIRLab.
The survey is here reproduced in 4000-pixels resolution to be accessible on smaller devices.
Credit:
DECaPS2/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image processing: M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2301a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Jan. 18, 2023, 2 p.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2301 |
Size: | 4000 x 611 px |
About the Object
Image Formats
Wallpapers
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical g | 473 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical r | 642 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical i | 784 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Infrared Y | 1.009 μm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical z | 926 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |