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The first accurate and detailed maps of the Milky Way and ways to visualize them, including VR.

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Joined April 25, 2022
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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Jul 30, 2026
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The first accurate and detailed maps of the Milky Way and ways to visualize them, including VR.

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Replying to @jerrej@mastodon.social
@jerrej@mastodon.social I'd rather have the funding go to actual scientists who can decide themselves the best way to spend the funds.
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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Jul 30, 2026
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Replying to @drmambobob@ecoevo.social
@drmambobob@ecoevo.social glad that you could be creative. Since most astrophysical parameters are estimated using Bayesian probability I wonder if telescopes could be rebranded as Bayesian data collection devices.
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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Jul 30, 2026
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UK science is the latest victim of the AI bubble. The Labour party has transferred funding from real science like astronomy to AI research for fear of "falling behind". A shame that the AI bubble has not popped yet - the larger it gets, the more victims it claims, like a metastasizing cancer.
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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Jul 17, 2026
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Here's my latest image of the Milky Way, using NGC 2336 as an analog and modifying it according to data from a long list of sources including Gaia, Herschel Hi-GAL, ATLASGAL, WISE HII regions, masers and more. I've long wanted to create a data-driven image of our galaxy and with my Atlas of the Milky Way KIckstarter coming up later this year, now's the time. So how many spiral arms do *you* think our galaxy has? 😜
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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · May 07, 2026
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DR4 is a big deal. The brighter stars will have half the parallax errors of DR3, astrometric parameters such as temperature, mass and radius, will be much improved, binary star data will be more reliable and for the first time ever, the release will include a catalog of Gaia-detected exoplanets. Will Gaia DR4 distance and temperature estimates be reliable enough to detect spiral structure and provide the first detailed hints of what the Milky Way really looks like from the outside? MAYBE!
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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · May 07, 2026
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Here we go! Gaia DR4 now has an official release date: 2 December 2026.

If you have been following the Gaia Mission closely, you will know that DR4 has had a sliding release date, from the end of 2025, to mid 2026 to "end of 2026". But now the date is locked.

https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/data-release-4

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Data Release 4 - Gaia - Cosmos

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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Mar 26, 2026
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RE: @JohnBarentine@scicomm.xyz

Ah. A Nature article that I can actually read. I still don't understand why scientists continue to submit their papers to companies like Nature or Elsevier which hoard vast amounts of research behind expensive pay walls. Can anyone explain?

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Dr. John Barentine FRAS: "Nature Astronomy editorial: "With threats to #ast…" - A community for scie

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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Mar 15, 2026
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RE: @radiotelescoop@mastodon.nl

I was kept so busy yesterday that I did not realize there was a photographer! Hurray. You can view the HI4PI VR world here:

https://horizon.meta.com/world/861023933332578/?hwsh=whV7CXalho

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Dwingeloo Radiotelescoop: "During yesterday's seminar @galaxy_map@mastodon.s…" - Mastodon.nl door St

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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Feb 27, 2026
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I've started experimenting with VR development in VRChat using the Unity SDK. If you want to friend me, my VRChat id is kevinjardine.

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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Oct 25, 2024
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Replying to @crawfordsm@mastodon.social
@crawfordsm OK, interesting. It makes sense that the grants are smaller because no one knows which new projects will be successful, but glad that this program exists.
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Galaxy Map @galaxy_map@mastodon.social · Oct 25, 2024
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Replying to @crawfordsm@mastodon.social
@crawfordsm Really great that NASA is funding these projects although I am a bit disappointed that these appear to all be existing projects. Nothing new?
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