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Cosmography archives
Correspondence between Messier's Catalogue and Dreyer's New General Catalogue identifiers, with positions and descriptions, in a convenient tabular form.
by Harlow Shapley and Helen Davis (1917)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1917PASP...29..177S/abstract
#Cosmography #HarlowShapley #HelenDavis #Messier #Dreyer #galaxies #Cosmology #CosmographyArchives #archives #science #astronomy #astrodon
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in the #arXiv
Cosmicflows-4 and the Cosmological Consistency of Large-Scale Motions
by Adi Nusser and Brent Tully
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14265v1#Cosmology #Cosmicflows #Cosmography #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science
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Challenging the assumption of large-scale isotropy: detection of anisotropic cosmic structures on a gigaparsec scale in DESI-DR1 data.
by Francesco Sylos Labini & Marco Galoppo
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10702-5
#Cosmology #Cosmography #universe #LambdaCDM #science #news #astrodon #galaxies #DESI
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in the #arXiv today
Cosmography of the Sloan Basin of Attraction and Neighborhood
by yours truly and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.04578
#Cosmology #Cosmography #SloanGreatWall #SloanBasinOfAttraction #Cosmicflows #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #news
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Peculiar velocities at low Galactic latitude
by Jeremy Mould and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19236
#Cosmology #Laniakea #galaxies #LaniakeaSupercluster #GreatAttractor #MeerKAT #WALLABY #radiotelescope #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Cosmicflows #Cosmography #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news
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Jim Peebles strikes again on flat patterns in the cosmic structure, with an update of the evidence supporting an extended plane of de Vaucouleurs' Local Supercluster.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11184
#Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news #JimPeebles #PJEPeebles #Peebles #GérarddeVaucouleurs #supercluster #LocalSupercluster
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Final slide of my talk this morning at the First Ox & Lancs Colloquium on Cosmological Features on the Largest Scales, held at the University of Lancashire: a recap of the discoveries of the Cosmicflows program.
https://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/ox-lancs-2026/
#Cosmology #Laniakea #DipoleRepeller #ColdSpotRepeller #SouthPoleWall #Hooleilana #SloanBasinOfAttraction #cosmography #cosmicflows #astrodon
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Discovery of a Giant Ring on the Sky, a ring-like, ultra-large-scale structure at z~0.8, located in the same field that contains the previously-documented Giant Arc and Big Ring.
By Alexia Lopez @morninglopez and Roger Clowes @rgclowes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.17534#Cosmology #GiantRing #galaxies #Cosmography #science #news #AlexiaLopez #RogerClowes #ULancashire #OxLancs2026 #astrodon
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Galaxy Science Fiction #264
This is the 2nd issue since the revival of the historic magazine by Starship Sloane Publishing. I'm on board as science editor and author with a short essay: “A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe”.
Cover art: Broken Sky, by Marianne Plumridge
#scifi #sciencefiction #GalaxySF #StarshipSloane #news #reading #readers #cosmography
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Hidden Vela Supercluster Revealed by First Hybrid Redshift & Peculiar Velocity Reconstruction
by Amber M. Hollinger and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09339
#Cosmography #Cosmology #Cosmicflows #Vela #supercluster #VelaSupercluster #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news
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Cosmography archives
Planisphère des nébuleuses et amas d'étoiles observés par Messier
Camille Flammarion, L'Astronomie (1917)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1917LAstr..31..385F/abstract
#Cosmology #Cosmography #Messier #CamilleFlammarion #Flammarion #nebulae #galaxies #nebula #Nebulæ #CosmographyArchives #science #astronomy #astrodon #MilkyWay #Galaxy #planisphère #science #history #Historyofscience #map #maps #heavens #chart #charts #cartography #Astronomie
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The Rich Nebular Regions in Virgo and Coma Berenices
by Richard A. Proctor (1872)
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/33.1.14
#Cosmography #galaxies #stars #RichardProctor #Virgo #ComaBerenices #CosmographyArchives #Cosmology #nebulae #science #history #HistoryOfScience #astronomy #astrodon #MilkyWay
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Tango of Titans: Centaurus A and M83 as a Local Group Analog
by David Benisty, Noam Libeskind, and Dmitry Makarov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.11268
#Cosmography #Cosmology #galaxies #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #news #LocalGroup
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On Two Distribution Maps of the Nebulæ and Clusters in Dr. Dreyer's Catalogue of 1888.
by Sidney Waters (1894)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1894MNRAS..54..526W/abstract
#Cosmology #Cosmography #nebulae #galaxies #nebula #Nebulæ #CosmographyArchives #SidneyWaters #science #astronomy #astrodon #MilkyWay #Galaxy #LargeMagellanicCloud #SmallMagellanicCloud #science #history #Historyofscience #map #maps #heavens #chart #charts #cartography
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The first three issues of Worlds of IF science fiction since the revival by Starship Sloane Publishing. They look good in print!
Each issue has a story by me: "Our Place on the Map of the Universe", "From Deep Darkness came Murmurs of Awakening", and "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe"
Prints and digital copies available at https://worldsofifmagazine.com/
#WorldsOfIF #worldsofifmagazine #scifi #sciencefiction #magazine #literature #StarshipSloane #reading #read #reader #news #Cosmography
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Published on this day 9 years ago: the discovery of the Dipole Repeller
➡️ Milky Way being pushed through space by cosmic dead zone https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/30/milky-way-being-pushed-through-space-by-cosmic-dead-zone-say-scientists
➡️ Milky Way galaxy is being pushed across the universe https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/31/world/milky-way-dipole-repeller-space-trnd/index.html
➡️ Cosmic Void “Pushes” Milky Way https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/cosmic-void-pushes-milky-way-3001201723/
#Cosmology #DipoleRepeller #Cosmography #galaxies #MilkyWay #Galaxy #science #news #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #gravitation
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How well is the local Large Scale Structure of the Universe known? CosmicFlows vs. Biteau's Galaxy Catalog with Cloning
by Yifei Li and Glennys Farrar
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20808#Cosmology #Cosmicflows #Cosmography #Universe #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophysics #cosmicrays #science #news #arXiv
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"Structures cosmiques : une famille de géantes"
I was yesterday on France Culture to talk about the discovery of the Quipu Supercluster and other large scale structures.
#Cosmology #Cosmography #Quipu #QuipuSupercluster #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #SouthPoleWall #SloanGreatWall #CosmicWeb #science #astrophysics #astronomy #astrodon #radio #podcast #FranceCulture #Radiofrance
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Revisiting the Great Attractor: The Local Group's streamline trajectory, cosmic velocity and dynamical fate
by Richard Stiskalek and co-authors (incl. @AstroMikeHudson)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.08524#Cosmography #GreatAttractor #Cosmology #galaxies #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon #science #news #LocalGroup #Laniakea #supercluster #LaniakeaSupercluster
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Cosmography archives
First Approximation to a Chart of the Nubecula Major, or greater Magellanic Cloud.
by John Herschel (1847)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1847raom.book.....H/abstract#Cosmography #JohnHerschel #LargeMagellanicCloud #LMC #Nubeculae #NubeculaMajor #nebula #galaxies #Cosmology #nebulae #chart #map #cartography #stars #CosmographyArchives #science #astronomy #astrodon #science #history #historyofscience
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Cosmography archives
Astronomical Observations relating to the Construction of the Heavens, arranged for the Purpose of a critical Examination, the Result of which appears to throw some new Light upon the Organization of the celestial Bodies.
by William Herschel (1811)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1811RSPT..101..269H/abstract
#Cosmography #WilliamHerschel #galaxies #Cosmology #nebulae #CosmographyArchives #science #astronomy #astrodon #science #history #historyofscience
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It's Stephen Hawking's birthday. The occasion to share this fantastic video he produced as part of his Genius documentatry series. Hawking elaborates on our place in the Universe, including our membership to the Laniakea supercluster of galaxies that we discovered back in 2014.
The complete documentary: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hawking_genius_ep06_full/where-are-we-full-episode-genius-by-stephen-hawking/
#StephenHawking #Cosmology #Laniakea #LaniakeaSupercluster #galaxies #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #science #cosmography
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Cosmography archives
Distribution of the Nebulæ, drawn from the 1864 General Catalogue of Nebulæ and Clusters of Stars published by John Herschel.
by Richard A. Proctor (1869)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1869MNRAS..29..337P/abstract#Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #CosmographyArchives #nebulae #science #astronomy #astrodon #MilkyWay
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Cosmography archives
Nêbuleuses découvertes par différens Astronomes, que M. Messier a cherchées inutilement.
Connoissance des Temps, ou Connoissance des Mouvemens Célestes, Pour l'Année bissextile 1784, pp 268-269.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6514280n
#Cosmography #CosmographyArchives #Messier #nebulae #ConnoissancedesTemps #astronomy #astrodon #archives #history #HistoryOfScience #Hevelius #LaCaille #Cassini #Flamsteed #astronmer #astronomers #science
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Worlds of IF: Science Fiction #179
The new issue of the venerable scifi magazine has launched. Cover art by Bruce Pennington; stories by Robert Silverberg, David Gerrold; two never-published-before Professor Jameson stories; "A Three-Dimensional Chessboard Universe" by me; and much more!
https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-IF-Science-Fiction-179/dp/B0G2D12K2D
#WorldsOfIF #worldsofifmagazine #scifi #sciencefiction #magazine #literature #StarshipSloane #BrucePennington #news #Cosmography #RobertSilverberg #DavidGerrold #ProfessorJameson
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A Revised Three-dimensional Visualization of the Local Group of Galaxies, by Antonio Ciccolella
☑️ research note of the AAS https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/ae1efc
☑️ ultra-high resolution version https://flic.kr/p/2rD6yGU#Cosmology #LocalGroup #galaxies #MilkyWay #Andromeda #Astronomy #Astrodon #visualization #science #Cosmography #map #cartography
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Cosmography archives
The Distribution of Extra-Galactic Nebulae
by Edwin Hubble (1934)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1934ApJ....79....8H/abstract
#Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #archives #CosmographyArchives #history #science #historyofscience #Hubble #EdwinHubble #astrodon
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Cosmography archives
Large-scale superclusters surrounding the giant galaxy void in Boötes?
by Neta Bahcall and Raymond Soneira (1982)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982ApJ...258L..17B/abstract
#Cosmography #Cosmology #galaxies #voids #BootesVoid #superclusters #galaxyclusters #archives #history #science #historyofscience #NetaBahcall #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrodon
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An Alternative Interpretation by Homer B. Sprague (1915) by William Fairfield Warren, from The Universe Pictures in Milton's Paradise Lost; An Illustrated Study for Personal and Class Use.
Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c606e36a-31f4-49d6-af6b-1f1a4252d28d
#diagrams #hell #night #schematics #chaos #heaven #circular #cosmography #art #publicdomain
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Cosmography archives
The Century Survey: A Deeper Slice of the Universe (1997)
by Margaret Geller and co-authors
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997AJ....114.2205G/abstract#Cosmology #Cosmography #galaxies #CenturySurvey #archives #CosmographyArchives #Astronomy #GreatWall #CfAGreatWall #MaragretGeller #CoroneBorealis #Astophysics #Astrodon #science #history #historyofscience
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Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī: ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā’ib al-mawjūdāt
(#Marvels of #Things #Created and #Miraculous #Aspects of Things #Existing)from
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/qazwini_home.html
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Cosmography archives
1983: Superclusters, a review by Jan Oort
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983ARA%26A..21..373O/abstract
#Cosmography #Cosmology #galaxies #supercluster #superclusters #Universe #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophysics #science #STEM #archive #archives #CosmographyArchives #Oort #JanOort
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First citations for Ho'oleilana!
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023ApJ...954..169T/citations
#hooleilana #laniakea #cosmology #cosmologists #bao #baryon #acoustic #oscillations #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #universe #space #science #research #discovery #cosmography #superclusters #physics #theory #publication #metrics #publishorperish
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A search for dwarf galaxies in the Local Void, using data of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys
by Igor Karachentsev and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04930
📷 Images of 12 new dwarf galaxies from DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys found in the Local Void region. Each image size is 2′ × 2′. North is to the top and East is to the left.
#galaxies #dwarfgalaxies #localvoid #void #voids #desi #survey #desisurvey #cosmology #cosmography #astronomy #astrophysics #astodon #space #science #research
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Cosmography archives
1998 - A map of interstellar molecular clouds and diffuse gas within 500 pc of the Sun
by Priscilla Frisch
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998SSRv...86..107F/abstract
#cosmography #cartography #astronomy #astrodon #milkyway #galaxy #interstellar #clouds #gas #dust #map #charts #sky #skymap #universe #space #science #archive #archives
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Cosmography archives - 1948
The Skalnaté Pleso Atlas of the Heavens, by Antonín Bečvář
A set of sixteen beautiful, colorful, exquisitely precise celestial charts covering the entire sky.
📷 chart II, centered on the Perseus constellation
❓ can you spot the Andromeda Galaxy
More infos:
⭐ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skalnate_Pleso_Atlas_of_the_Heavens
⭐ https://sandandstars.co.za/an-observing-table-full-of-treasures
⭐ http://www.astrosurf.com/rondi/theo/atlas_coeli#cosmography #astronomy #astrodon #starmap #charts #sky #map #skymap #atlas #universe #space #science #archive #archives
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Cosmography archives
The Nebra Sky Disk - dated 1600 BCE it is the oldest known depiction of the Cosmos, featuring a star map with the Pleiades cluster, a crescent moon, a sun or full moon; arcs mark the angle between solstices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disc
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/235/the-nebra-sky-disk---ancient-map-of-the-stars/#astronomy #astrodon #universe #cosmos #space #science #research #sky #map #skymap #nebraskydisk #cosmography #cartography #archive #archives #pleiades #star #stars #map #moon #sun
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Published in 1978 by Gregory & Thompson: The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs, using new redshifts collected at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
One of the earliest observation of the cosmic web in the distribution of galaxies, including some voids and filaments.https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978ApJ...222..784G/abstract
#universe #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #galaxies #space #science #research #kittpeak #observatory #cosmicweb #cosmography
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Jean Dubuffet: Cosmography
from the Phenomena series, 1958https://moma.org/collection/works/94645
https://www.rtbf.be/article/le-centre-de-gravure-de-la-louviere-presente-jean-dubuffet-un-preneur-dempreintes-10513864#dubuffet #jeanduffet #cosmographie #lithographie #cosmography #lithography #phénomènes #phenomena #nature #1958 #art #artbrut #artmoderne #modernart #artiste #artist #painter #painters #peintre #peintres