Scientists conducted an analysis of images obtained using the Dark Camera camera (Dark Energy Camera, Decam ) on the telescope of Viktor M. Blanco with a 4-meter Aperture in the Mezhamerikan Observatory Cerro-Tololo in Chile. A group of researchers carefully studied images with more than 21,400 separate expositions in 2 years to create a set of decaps2 of more than 10 TB data.
Although the researchers have identified 3.32 billion heavenly objects, the review of Decaps2 covers only part of the spiral galaxy – only 6.5% of the starry sky observed from the southern hemisphere.
Panorama of the Milky Way
If you combine the DECAPS2 image with the panorama of the Northern Hemisphere from the Telescope pan-starrs 1 , you can get a 360-degree panorama The disk of the Milky Way. This will give scientists the opportunity to apply a three -dimensional structure of stars and dust of the Milky Way with maximum detail on the map.
DECAPS2 data is located in open access . The authors of the project hope that astronomers will rely on these discoveries for further study of the galaxy and star formation, as well as the identification of asteroids.