See the Milky Way's 3-D structure | Science News

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The Milky Way’s Cepheid stars are plotted in three dimensions, revealing the galaxy’s warped shape. Unlike other stars, Cepheids vary in brightness in a particular way that helps scientists make more precise estimates of their distances from Earth. Brighter colors represent Cepheids closer to the warped plane of the galaxy, indicated by the grid. The star icon indicates the sun.

Video: J. Skowron/OGLE/Astronomical Observatory/Univ. of Warsaw
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Stella cartography will really be tricky if we move out of this solar system. The problem is reference points in a 3 dimensional, continually changing environment

ashpalmaxe
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Someone needs to file a bug with Elite Dangerous to fix their map of the milky way.

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Was this drawn showing all the stars at the positions in the same moment ?
As its size is around 100'000 light years one never will be able to see this in reality because the speed of light would not allow it.

jochenherrmann
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Para mi esta forma es xq rota en su plano, por eso es la Forma de elice.

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