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  2. Galactic quadrant - Wikipedia

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    "Galactic quadrants" within Star Wars canon astrography map depicts a top-down view of the galactic disk, with "Quadrant A" (i.e. "north") as the side of the galactic center that Coruscant is located on. As the capital planet of the Republic and later the Empire, Coruscant is used as the reference point for galactic astronomy, set at XYZ ...

  3. Galactic coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    In one system, the U axis is directed toward the Galactic Center (l = 0°), and it is a right-handed system (positive towards the east and towards the north galactic pole); in the other, the U axis is directed toward the galactic anticenter (l = 180°), and it is a left-handed system (positive towards the east and towards the north galactic ...

  4. Astronomical coordinate systems - Wikipedia

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    The equatorial describes the sky as seen from the Solar System, and modern star maps almost exclusively use equatorial coordinates. The equatorial system is the normal coordinate system for most professional and many amateur astronomers having an equatorial mount that follows the movement of the sky during the night. Celestial objects are found ...

  5. A time traveler’s guide to the end of the universe - AOL

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    In the far future long after star formation has ceased the universe will be populated by sparse degenerate remnants, mostly white dwarfs, though their ultimate fate is an open question. A time ...

  6. Void (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    A map of galaxy voids. The structure of the Universe can be broken down into components that can help describe the characteristics of individual regions of the cosmos. These are the main structural components of the cosmic web: Voids – vast, largely spherical [6] regions with very low cosmic mean densities, up to 100 megaparsecs (Mpc) in ...

  7. Scientists release detailed map of everything in the universe

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    The new map represents one of the most precise measurements of how all the stuff in the universe is distributed across the universe. It mostly fits with our existing picture of the cosmos.

  8. Euclid telescope reveals first ‘stunning’ piece of its map of ...

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    The ‘huge mosaic’ covers an area in the southern sky more than 500 times the area of the full moon, ESA said. Euclid telescope reveals first ‘stunning’ piece of its map of the universe ...

  9. Location of Earth - Wikipedia

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    Since there is believed to be no "center" or "edge" of the Universe, there is no particular reference point with which to plot the overall location of the Earth in the universe. [8] Because the observable universe is defined as that region of the Universe visible to terrestrial observers, Earth is, because of the constancy of the speed of light ...