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3.3 bn celestial objects revealed in massive survey of Milky Way
short by Aishwarya Awasthi / on Thursday, 19 January, 2023
A massive survey on the Milky Way's cosmic plane released by astronomers contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects. The new collection is arguably the largest of its kind to date. The DECaPS2 survey took two years to complete. It's a survey of the Milky Way's plane as seen from the southern sky taken at optical and near-infrared wavelengths.
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