#localvolumemapper — Public Fediverse posts
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A new instrument is joining the fleet at the #LasCampanas Observatory in Chile’s #Atacama Desert. It will map our neighboring #galaxies — including those only visible from the southern hemisphere — on a larger scale than ever before. This galactic cartographer, called the #LocalVolumeMapper, is the latest addition to the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (#SDSS): https://impact.sloan.org/the-sloan-digital-sky-survey-has-entered-chiles-atacama-desert-e4542e2bf0fe