Sloan Digital Sky Survey
This visualization presents a 3-D view of the largest structures in the Universe via data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The SDSS is the most ambitious astronomical survey ever undertaken. It provides a 3-dimensional map of about a million galaxies and quasars. As the survey progresses, the data are released to the scientific community and the general public in annual increments.
This visualization presents a 3-D view of the largest structures in the universe. It begins with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and zooms out to reveal data from WMAP.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/University of Chicago and Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum
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Animators
- Karen Yuen (NASA/JPL CalTech)
- Mark SubbaRao (University of Chicago, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum)
- Dinoj Surendran (University of Chicago)
- Randy Landsberg (University of Chicago)
- Joshua Frieman (University of Chicago)
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Writer
- Michael McClare (HTSI)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, July 3, 2007.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.
Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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Sloan (Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS))
ID: 689This dataset can be found at: http://www.sdss.org
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