NOIRLab noirlab2103: Giant Map of the Sky Sets Stage for Ambitious DESI Survey — Final data release from DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys issued. Astronomers using images from Kitt Peak National Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory have created the largest ever map of the sky, comprising over a billion galaxies. The ninth and final data release from the ambitious DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys ...

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Giant Map of the Sky Sets Stage for Ambitious DESI Survey— Final data release from DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys issued
13 Jan. 2021 — NOIRLab Organization Release noirlab2103

Astronomers using images from Kitt Peak National Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory have created the largest ever map of the sky, comprising over a billion galaxies. The ninth and final data release from the ambitious DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys sets the stage for a ground-breaking 5-year survey with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), which aims to provide new insights into the nature of dark energy. The map was released today at the January 2021 meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2103/

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Jan. 13, 2021




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