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 Dark Energy Camera, built by the US Department of Energy, at the NSF’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NOIRLab.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2301/
Space Scoop - the children's version of this release is available at: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2301/kids/
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NOIRLab Communications, Education & Engagement
18 Jan. 2023
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