Re:Astronomers discovered 1M new galaxies in just 300 hours
by sb8244 on Sunday January 29, 2023 @10:53AM
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Does the current location of the earth affect that coordinate system at all, or i is negligible due to distances?
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Re:Astronomers discovered 1M new galaxies in just 300 hours
by jfengel on Sunday January 29, 2023 @11:42AM
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They use a Galactic Coordinate System, which is actually centered on the Sun, in the plane of the galaxy. (The sun does revolve around the galaxy, but with a period of millions of years it doesn't make a measurable difference.)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_coordinate_system
It can easily be transformed into telescope pointing directions with the input of location on the planet, time of year and time of day.
Re:Astronomers discovered 1M new galaxies in just 300 hours
by euroderf on Sunday January 29, 2023 @12:48PM
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IIRC the Earth has made 2.5 orbits about the galactic center since its [the Earth's] formation.
Re:Astronomers discovered 1M new galaxies in just 300 hours
by dwaltrip on Sunday January 29, 2023 @09:08PM
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The period is ~250 million years. Quite the journey! :)
Re:Astronomers discovered 1M new galaxies in just 300 hours
by BurningFrog on Sunday January 29, 2023 @12:18PM
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Up to ~300 light years away this effect can be used to estimate the distance to a star.
For other galaxies the effect is very much indistinguishable from 0.
https://lco.global/spacebook/distance/parallax-and-distance-...