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Whole-Sky Catalog
A modest but universal map of the nearby cosmos proves its power
With little fanfare, astronomers have developed a detailed map of the local universe that includes galaxies from virtually every part of the sky.
References:
Branchini, E. . . . C.S. Frenk . . . W. Saunders, et al. A non-parametric model for the cosmic velocity field. Available at http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/9901366.
Further Readings:
Cowen, R. 1999. Plethora of quasars. Science News 155(Jan. 23):57.
______. 1992. A river runs through it. Science News 142(Dec. 12):408.
Sources:
Enzo Branchini
Kapteyn Institute
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Netherlands
Marc Davis
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Astronomy
Berkeley, CA 94720-3411
Carlos S. Frenk
University of Durham
Department of Physics
South Road
Durham DH1 3LE
United Kingdom
Richard G. McMahon
University of Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0HA
England
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 6, February 6, 1999, p. 92. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
