The Milky Way Galaxy - NASA Science
2017年11月8日 · Using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that the Milky Way's elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Previously, our galaxy was thought to …
Solar System: A Semirealistic Model
realistic Milky Way background, ability to focus on, zoom and pan around celestial objects, real (or closely approximated) orbital motion, non-linear (logarithmic-ish) distances and differences in size, dynamic and non-linear time scale, including "time zoom" feature, which makes time slow down as you zoom into an object,
A 3-D model of the Milky Way Galaxy using data from Cepheids - Phys.org
2019年8月2日 · A team of researchers at the University of Warsaw has created the most accurate 3-D model of the Milky Way Galaxy to date. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group explains...
Interactive 3D Map of the Universe - In-The-Sky.org
Gradually the view will zoom out, revealing open clusters of stars in our galaxy (red dots), the whole flat disk of the Milky Way with globular clusters of stars around it (purple dots), and then the Local Group of other galaxies around our own (blue dots).
What is MilkyWay@home? - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Milkyway@Home uses the BOINC platform to harness volunteered computing resources, creating a highly accurate three dimensional model of the Milky Way galaxy using data gathered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This project enables research in …
Milky Way - Download Free 3D model by per.rb1 - Sketchfab
The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy where the solar system and in turn the Earth are located. According to observations, it has a mass of 10¹² solar masses and, due to its shape, it is a barred spiral type galaxy, which is why it has a right-handed spin as seen from the celestial north.
This 3D Map of the Milky Way Is the Best View Yet of Our Galaxy's ...
2019年8月1日 · These findings helped the astronomers build a large-scale 3D map of the Milky Way. This is the first such map based on directly measured distances to thousands of celestial landmarks across the...
LAMBDA - VRML Models - NASA
Milky Way model. The Milky Way VRML2 model is based on a statistical representation of the three-dimensional density distributions of stars of various spectral types (colors). Hot, luminous blue stars are concentrated close to the Galactic plane and in the spiral arms.
Hubble Skymap - NASA Science
The Hubble Skymap puts the night sky at your fingertips any time of day. Roam the Milky Way to find a selection of galaxies, stars, nebulae and more, and click for a Hubble's-eye-view of each object. To explore the skymap, scroll, double click, or pinch/swipe to zoom in and out.
The Milky Way Galaxy - Harvard & Smithsonian
Today, astronomers study the Milky Way to understand its history, structure, contents, and our place in the galaxy. Like most other large galaxies, the Milky Way harbors a supermassive black hole at its center. Known as Sagittarius A* — abbreviated as Sgr A* — this galaxy is about four million times the mass of the Sun.