A detailed map of our galaxy has been drawn up

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After 13 years of work and more than 500 TB of accumulated data, scientists have finally completed the most detailed infrared scheme of the Milky Way. This ambitious project, implemented by the European Southern Observatory, includes more than 1.5 billion objects and 200,000 photographs taken by VISTA.

The scheme allows you to see many unique objects, such as brown dwarfs, as well as other interesting astronomical phenomena. Since the work started 14 years ago, more than three hundred scientific papers have been published as part of this project.