Astroboffins map 845 galaxies in glorious 3D, maybe dark matter too

Tuesday 12th September 2017 08:06 GMT A Non e-mouse

Sloan?

So how is this different/complementary to the Sloan survey?

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1. Tuesday 12th September 2017 09:14 GMT Sorry that handle is already taken.
  
  Re: Sloan?
  
  The Sloan survey is a catalogue of galaxies by position and redshift. This is 3D models of individual galaxies.
  
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Tuesday 12th September 2017 09:07 GMT Tom 7

Inferred?

It seems the 3D data is inferred from other data. My worry is the inference will be influenced by theory and suffer from a touch of confirmation bias.

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Tuesday 12th September 2017 09:07 GMT Pen-y-gors

What does God like?

This is confusing - it seems the $deity is making lumps of rock in the shape of ducks, but now is making galaxies in the shape of potatoes. Is this a cosmic hint that we should eschew a vegan diet and live on Duck a l'orange with pommes dauphinoise?

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1. Tuesday 12th September 2017 09:14 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: What does God like?
  
  Nobody mention the horsehead nebula, please.
  
  Oh, damn.
  
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2. Wednesday 13th September 2017 16:26 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: What does God like?
  
  Well to be fair, the 'Duck' rock, kinda looks like a potato too...
  
  Just sayin'..
  
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Tuesday 12th September 2017 09:39 GMT Sir Runcible Spoon

Sir

How long before they upload this as a VR program so I can sit inside a humongous map of the Universe?

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1. Tuesday 12th September 2017 09:51 GMT Dr. G. Freeman
  
  Re: Sir
  
  They already did, just the scale is stuck at 1:1.
  
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  1. Tuesday 12th September 2017 10:08 GMT Sir Runcible Spoon
    
    Re: Sir
    
    I wouldn't mind that, as long as I could move my point of origin freely :)
    
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2. Tuesday 12th September 2017 10:22 GMT Sorry that handle is already taken.
  
  Re: Sir
  
  Check out Celestia. I'm not sure about stereo support though.
  
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3. Tuesday 12th September 2017 12:32 GMT Ugotta B. Kiddingme
  
  Re: Sir
  
  Sir Runcible Spoon: "How long before they upload this as a VR program so I can sit inside a humongous map of the Universe?"
  
  Dr. G. Freeman: "They already did, just the scale is stuck at 1:1."
  
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  Please do NOT eat the fairy cake on your way out.
  
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Tuesday 12th September 2017 14:03 GMT Alistair

potato shaped galaxies.

hmmm

Dark Matter is the pepper on the 'tatoes?

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Wednesday 13th September 2017 02:08 GMT Faux Science Slayer

97% of the Universe is composed of math particulates and hyperdense equations....

Odd that our current galactic model is geocentric, just like the flat Earth, celestial sphere models....

We can see 13 billion years in every direction.... Earth is the center of the Universe....

(and dark matter does not obstruct our view....science fiction force fed pablum)

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1. Wednesday 13th September 2017 02:24 GMT eldakka
  
  Re: 97% of the Universe is composed of math particulates and hyperdense equations....
  
  Odd that our current galactic model is geocentric, just like the flat Earth, celestial sphere models....
  
  We can see 13 billion years in every direction.... Earth is the center of the Universe....
  
  Umm, science does not believe the Earth is the center of the Universe.
  
  We are in the Universe, and we can only see what we can see from accessible points of references. The only one which we currently have access to is the one from our current location, our own Solar System. Therefore any 'exploration', mapping, must take place from that location outward.
  
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2. Wednesday 13th September 2017 04:50 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: 97% of the Universe is composed of math particulates and hyperdense equations....
  
  @ Faux Science Slayer
  
  I appreciate that science may be hard for some but it is well worth the effort to understand.
  
  Have you ever considered playing near a black hole....?
  
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3. Wednesday 13th September 2017 09:08 GMT Named coward
  
  Re: 97% of the Universe is composed of math particulates and hyperdense equations....
  
  Earth is in the centre of the "observable" universe. Beyond that we cannot see...we might be in the centre or in the edge of the actual universe which might be bigger or even smaller than the region which we can see...From a scientific point of view, there's not much point in even discussing this, since it cannot be tested
  
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4. Wednesday 13th September 2017 12:13 GMT Sorry that handle is already taken.
  
  Re: 97% of the Universe is composed of math particulates and hyperdense equations....
  
  Odd that our current galactic model is geocentric
  
  All that means is that the universe is larger than the observable universe.
  
  We can see 13 billion years in every direction
  
  We can actually see for about 3.5x that. The universe is expanding you know.
  
  (and dark matter does not obstruct our view....science fiction force fed pablum)
  
  If dark matter obstructed our view (which nobody ever claimed,) we might be able to learn more about it. No such luck.
  
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Wednesday 13th September 2017 04:52 GMT Winkypop

potato - boil 'em mash 'em stick 'em in a galaxy

SAMi

--> Elven cloak

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