Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Map of stars using infrared technology

http://www.eso.org/sci/observing/tools/standards/IRstandards/Skymap_t.html
This is a map of O-type stars in the sky.  The location is known by its Dec (deg) and RA (hr), which are astronomical units.  The location of the stars is detected by using radar technology pointed into space.  The radar detects thermal energy in an otherwise vast emptiness.

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