University of Texas: Mapping Everything Everywhere All At Once
August 04, 2023
August 04, 2023
FORT DAVIS, Texas, Aug. 4 -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release:
The Local Volume Mapper (LVM) Instrument has seen first science light. LVM is one of the three mappers that make up the fifth phase of the SDSS's ambitious all-sky, multi-epoch spectroscopic survey. This new instrument will create a spectroscopic map of the Milky Way and other nearby galaxies.
"This is not just a new instrument - it is an entirel . . .
The Local Volume Mapper (LVM) Instrument has seen first science light. LVM is one of the three mappers that make up the fifth phase of the SDSS's ambitious all-sky, multi-epoch spectroscopic survey. This new instrument will create a spectroscopic map of the Milky Way and other nearby galaxies.
"This is not just a new instrument - it is an entirel . . .