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Truly astronomical: over half a billion celestial objects mapped – UQ News

More than 690 million celestial objects have been catalogued, photographed and are now available online for exploration by the public, thanks to an international…

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More than 690 million celestial objects have been catalogued, photographed and are now available online for exploration by the public, thanks to an international research collaboration.
In a collaboration including The University of Queensland, The Australian National University and researchers from around Australia, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) has released its second set of data, mapping roughly an eighth of the night sky and seeing far back in time to half the age of the known universe.
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