Astronomy enthusiasts will be delighted. Much more if they live in town, where light pollution deprives most often of a starry sky worthy of the name. German researchers from the Ruhr University in Bochum have succeeded in making the largest image of the Milky Way ever produced. A total of 268 photographs were compiled to achieve it.
This gigantic photo is composed of 46 billion pixels and weighs 196 gigas. Ideal for observing the “Milky Way” or Milky Way. Users can actually zoom in on the image to more closely approach the stars. It will nevertheless be patient. Very heavy, the images considerably seek the servers of the University of the Ruhr.
Professor Rolf Chini observed the Milky Way for five years to achieve this gigantic photograph.
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50 000 new stars
All the pictures were taken Chile, over the Cerro Armazones Observatory. Therefore, it is only a small portion of the Milky Way as can be seen in the skies of the Southern Hemisphere. The objective of this mammoth task? Discern “variable stars”, according to Rolf Chini, Director of the study. In other words, astronomers have sought to identify the stars whose brightness evolves over short or even long periods.
Researchers at the German university have identified 50,000 new light sources.
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After five years of research, scholars have identified well over 50,000 new stars. The results of the study were published in the journal Astronomical Notes .
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