Telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way

Infrared map of the Milky Way has changed astronomers’ view of our galaxy ‘for ever’

Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way that has unveiled incredible new discoveries.

ESO telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way - Conservative Angle

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects -- the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope, the team monitored the central regions of our Galaxy over more than 13 years. At 500 terabytes of data, this is the largest observational project ever carried out with an ESO telescope. The post ESO telescope captures the most detailed infrared …

ESO telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way containing more than 1.5 billion objects -- the most detailed one ever made. Using the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope, the team monitored the central regions of our Galaxy over more than 13 years. At 500 terabytes of data, this is the largest observational project ever carried out with an ESO telescope.

The Most Detailed Infrared Map Of Our Galaxy Has Been Released, Featuring Over 1.5 Billion Objects

It covers an area of the sky as large as 86,000 full moons.

Giant new Milky Way map changes view of galaxy ‘forever’

Astronomers have published a gigantic infrared map of the Milky Way, containing more than 1.5 billion objects, including newborn stars. Using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (Vista) telescope, the scientists monitored the central regions of the Milky Way for more than 13 years. Dante Minniti, an astrophysicist at Universidad Andres Bello in Chile who led the overall project, said: “We…