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Title: A Map of the Universe

Abstract: We have produced a new conformal map of the universe illustrating recent discoveries, ranging from Kuiper belt objects in the Solar system, to the galaxies and quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This map projection, based on the logarithm map of the complex plane, preserves shapes locally, and yet is able to display the entire range of astronomical scales from the Earth's neighborhood to the cosmic microwave background. The conformal nature of the projection, preserving shapes locally, may be of particular use for analyzing large scale structure. Prominent in the map is a Sloan Great Wall of galaxies 1.37 billion light years long, 80% longer than the Great Wall discovered by Geller and Huchra and therefore the largest observed structure in the universe.
Comments: Figure 8, and additional material accessible on the web at: this http URL
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
Journal reference: Astrophys.J. 624 (2005) 463
Cite as: arXiv:astro-ph/0310571v2

Submission history

From: Richard Gott III [view email]
[v1] Mon, 20 Oct 2003 18:36:03 GMT (2264kb)
[v2] Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:03:01 GMT (1525kb)