Tag Archive for 'DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys'

This image shows the Copeland Septet, a group of galaxies located in the constellation of Leo. Image credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys / LBNL / DOE / KPNO / CTIO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA.

5.6-Trillion-Pixel Map of Universe is Biggest Ever Made

Aug 11, 2026 by News Staff

Astronomers have released the largest-ever 2D map of our Universe, charting nearly 4 billion stars, galaxies and other objects across roughly 75% of the...

A slice of the 3D map of galaxies collected in the first year of the DESI survey with annotations identifying key features in the map. Earth is at the tip, with the furthest galaxies plotted at distances of 11 billion light-years. Each point represents one galaxy. This version of the DESI map includes 600,000 galaxies -- less than 0.1% of the survey’s full volume. Image credit: DESI Collaboration / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / R. Proctor.

DESI Creates Largest 3D Map of Our Expanding Universe Ever

Apr 8, 2024 by News Staff

To study dark energy’s effects over the past 11 billion years, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has created the largest 3D map of our...

This image shows Pisces VI/Tri III, a dwarf galaxy located 3.2 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. Image credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys.

Amateur Astronomer Discovers New Dwarf Galaxy

Nov 18, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Named Pisces VII/Triangulum (Tri) III, the newly-discovered galaxy is an ultra-faint dwarf satellite candidate of the Triangulum galaxy (also known as...