Astronomers Unveil Most Complete 3-D Map of Local Universe

The 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) has catalogued more than 43,000 galaxies within 380 million light-years from Earth (z

it sure is a good time to be alive to sit here on this machine and look at a 3d map of the local universe .


We are nothing in that vast amount of space lol . and thats only the local ! such sheer size . such mammoth structures . the shock and awe of it all is mind blowing . Look at us silly earthlinks the things we worry about in this world under the lower atmosphere ... we got much to learn , conquer and evolve . Its alot of space out there but why....

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And think about it; to be honest, when it comes to mapping the local universe, we're still infants drawing stick figures! Our technology continues to advance exponentially, so just imagine what 100 years would be showing us.

I think then would be a good time... we're still learning how to fly, by comparison to when the best time would be.

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Dear highfreq

Yes interesting I have watched a few documentaries dealing with this.

However none have explained how this is of any use.

In that we are talking the furthest away being 380 million L/Y’s.

That means the light we receive from these stars is 380 million L/Y’s old, meaning they where there then but we can not possible know what has happened or where they are now??????

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You bring up a good point. Some of those cellestial bodies could very well not even be there right now. So in some ways we are mapping the universe of the past.

I don't understand, where's the 3D data at? Is it simply referring to a very localized distance measurement? I don't see the 3D.

@ MAC269.. Pretty basic physics, can plot out where things have been and where they are going.