Milky Way home to nearly 3 billion celestial objects!
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The Most Recent Survey of the Milky Way Reveals an Incredible 3.32 Billion Stellar Objects.
A recently published picture took two years to create. The image shows a staggering 3.32 billion heavenly objects. This breathtaking image of outer space was captured by an observatory nearly seven thousand feet above sea level.
Key facts!
- According to astronomers, the image provides us with more information than we have ever had before regarding the Milky Way.
- It covers approximately 6.5 per cent of the entire night sky.
- In addition, it focuses on the galactic plane of the Milky Way.
- This is where the vast majority of the galaxy’s celestial objects can be found.
- The telescope used to capture the image used both optical and near-infrared wavelengths.
- The researchers also made use of specialised techniques to improve the background of each star.
- Thus, this allowed for a greater number of stars to be observed with greater clarity.
- This ultimately contributed to an improvement in the picture’s overall precision.
- This, of course, provides us with insights into the process by which the universe came into existence.
- For the next several decades, astronomers will spend a lot of time analysing this detailed depiction of more than three billion stars that make up the Milky Way.
Youtube user “V101 Science” takes into the centre of the Milky Way from the comfort of your home.
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