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Map of the Universe*


JoeSchmuckatelli

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*or at least a slice of the observable universe! 

https://mapoftheuniverse.net/

Pretty cool! 

"The map is a "slice of the universe" that combines more than 20 years of data to showcase information previously only seen by scientists with "pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty," Johns Hopkins said. 

 

 

 

In it, people can see a colorful rainbow spectrum of dots representing the actual positions and colors of 200,000 galaxies, each filled with their own billions of stars and planets. The spectrum is so vast that it dates back 13.7 billion years to a bright tie-dyed-esque line that shows an actual photo of the edge of the observable universe. Called the "Cosmic Microwave Background," the image is the first flash of light emitted after the big bang."

 

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Here's the article describing the work:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/you-can-now-explore-the-cosmos-to-the-edge-of-what-can-be-seen-in-new-interactive-map/

 

 

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I think the fascinating part of this map is when you realize that the old, red elliptical galaxies and those represented only as quasars have evolved in the time between when the light was cast in our direction and 'now'. *       They don't look like that anymore. 

 

 

*I know: there is no universal 'now' only a relative now - but even the most primitive looking image has had billions of years to change from what we see to maybe something similar to the closest galaxies we can image to anything from being shredded to merged to fading out - whatever they look like now - it is nothing like what we can see. 

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Got it. The Universe has a shape of cone.

At the very point of the cone the is you. Yes, you, reader, the center of the Universe, the Physical Observer.
The outer rim is full of various useless minor junk like quasars, broomed away from your place.

It's an accurate representation of human priorities in the picture of the world.

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