Sunday, October 22, 2017

VLBA measurement promises complete picture of Milky Way

10/22/2017 10:07 AM EDT

measuring the distance to a region on the far side of our Milky Way Galaxy

Distance measured out to the far side of our Milky Way means that radio astronomers now can work on producing an accurate map of the full extent of our galaxy's structure for the first time.


Full story at https://public.nrao.edu/news/vlba-milky-way/

Source
National Radio Astronomy Observatory


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