700 million objects were plotted on the star map

The Dark Energy Survey has published a massive public collection of astronomical data and calibrated

images for six years of work. This release contains data on nearly 700 million astronomical objects. 

More than 690 million astronomical objects have beencarefully cataloged by researchers from the Australian National University. The latest data suggests <…> that they have been able to map approximately one-eighth of the night sky, making the [university's] astronomical catalog one of the largest in the world. 

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The study of the starry sky was carried out within the framework ofa large-scale project for the study of dark matter Dark Energy Survey (DES), on which astronomers from ANU and the University of Queensland (Australia) worked. The observations, which have continued since 2013, were carried out using the Anglo-Australian 3.9-meter reflector telescope located at Siding Spring Observatory (New South Wales, Australia).

Today, astronomers around the world will be able to access this data to make new discoveries about the Universe and add to information already known. 

This data, according to ANU astronomer Christopher Lidman, will help “answer questions about how and what our Universe was created from.” 

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