#aitoff — Public Fediverse posts
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#OTD 2020, publication of the discovery of the South Pole Wall. This 1.4 billion light-years wide filament was detected through the gravitational influence it exerts on nearby galaxies, for which we measured distance and velocity.
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab9952
#universe #cosmology #cosmicweb #darkmatter #galaxies #astronomy #astrophysics #southpolewall #space #science #milkyway #galaxy #aitoff #map #projection #cartography #astrodon
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David Aitoff (1854-1933)
a Russian cartographer, who proposed the modified azimuthal map projection that bears his name: the Aitoff Projection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitoff_projectionThis projection is the one we use in our cosmographic maps, as illustrated in the following thread ⤵️
#astronomy #astrophysics #cartography #cartographer #math #mathematics #aitoff #projection #cosmology #universe #galaxies #space #science #research #astrodon #map #maps
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The South Pole Wall
This 1.4 billion light-years wide filament of the Cosmic Web was detected through the gravitational influence it exerts on nearby galaxies, for which we measured distance and velocity
Check out the story by science writer Becky Ferreira for Vice:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xg8vg7/scientists-discovered-a-gigantic-structure-in-a-hidden-zone-of-spaceresearch paper: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab9952
#universe #cosmology #cosmicweb #darkmatter #galaxies #astronomy #astrophysics #southpolewall #space #science #milkyway #galaxy #aitoff #map #projection #cartography