Warped galaxy with the distribution of young stars (Cepheids) in its disk as inferred from the Milky Way Cepheids.
J. Skowron/OGLE/Astronomical Obs
Posted on 08/05/2019 4:01:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy with curved arms stretching out into space. Most depictions of our galaxy show it as being rather flat, but data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment at the university suggests the opposite.
The team, who describe our galaxy as being less a flat disc and more a “wobbly, uncooked pizza crust,” mapped the position of a specific type of star called Cepheids. Cepheids are pulsating stars and it’s easy for researchers to measure the distance between them and Earth. Using data from 2,431 Cepheids, the team was able to create its incredibly detailed map of the Milky Way.
Along with providing the most accurate look at the shape of our galaxy to date, the scientists also learned some interesting things about the stars they spotted along the way. Cepheids, it turns out, tend to be found in groups, and that might mean that they tend to form bursts.
Warped galaxy with the distribution of young stars (Cepheids) in its disk as inferred from the Milky Way Cepheids.
J. Skowron/OGLE/Astronomical Obs
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That explains a lot....
“Most depictions of our galaxy show it as being rather flat”
Because they are just quick illustration for survey-level reference books.
I’m sure most still dont even depict it as a proper barred-spiral and still show it as a pinwheel.
I can see my house I think.
Beat me to it.
Looks elegant, to me; kinda like a bird in flight.
This is a really interesting discovery.
Thanks for posting.
That’s it, I’m moving to Andromeda.
But is it Chicago style, or thin crust?
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I never get to post the good ones first :)
ROFLMAO!!!!
Okay. But you don’t see a lot of green-edged galaxies.
The existence of LIB lunatics proves that our galaxy is “warped”.
There’s no shortage of warpage on Erf alone...
Now that you mentioned it, it does.
Or a Romulan Warbird
What level math would be used to graph that image? Some university prof is gonna use that as a test question because it’s too good to pass up.
if it involves more than the sum of my fingers and toes then it’s too hard for me.
Does that explain why liberals are so warped?
Give hem five years and they will figure out where they made their math mistakes !
I’m partial to the bird interpretation. (God appears to have certain design motifs that He uses over and over, in different variations/permutations :-).
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