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Astronomers complete massive online digital sky survey
SJ Mercury News ^
| 3/27/03
| AP - Pasadena
Posted on 03/27/2003 3:28:43 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:30:49 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Astronomers have completed the most thorough high-resolution digital survey of the heavens and released its 5 million images on the Internet.
The map of the sky took four years of observations and $40 million to complete. It contains an estimated 500 million celestial objects, mostly stars but also galaxies, asteroids and comets.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: California; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: astronomers; complete; massive; onlinedigital; skysurvey
They didn't locate Clinton's legacy tho..
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posted on
03/27/2003 3:29:54 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... God Bless Our Troops and families.)
To: NormsRevenge
LOL!
To: NormsRevenge
They didn't locate Clinton's legacy tho.. I think they did find a supernova. Very bright for a little while, but in the end it just leaves behind a black hole and a lot of debris.
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posted on
03/27/2003 3:35:18 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(France: The whore for Babylon)
To: NormsRevenge
5 million images of a total of 500 million stars!!! Thats about 100 stars per image. I better get started reviewing this right away!
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posted on
03/27/2003 3:54:09 PM PST
by
xp38
To: NormsRevenge
bump
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posted on
03/27/2003 3:56:56 PM PST
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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