HETDEX Map 2D (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

HETDEX Map 2D

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By mapping the distant universe one spectrum at a time (or rather, tens of thousands of spectra at a time!), HETDEX has plotted the location of over one million galaxies (shown here), back to when the universe was just 1.8 billion years old. At the center is our own galaxy, the Milky Way. HETDEX has released its extensive database of these galaxies and the space in between them to support astronomy research by scientists, novices, and artificial intelligence.

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E. Mentuch Cooper, S. Mukae, HETDEX

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