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October 22, 2015

Milky Way photo with 46 billion pixels
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Oct 22, 2015
Astronomers at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have compiled the largest astronomical image to date. The picture of the Milky Way contains 46 billion pixels. In order to view it, researchers headed by Prof Dr Rolf Chini from the Chair of Astrophysics have provided an online tool. The image contains data gathered in astronomical observations over a period of five years. For five years, the astronomers from Bochum have been monitoring our Galaxy in the search of objects with v ... read more

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