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Jump to first unread post. Pages: 1 dreric Tourist Reged: 08/24/07 Posts: 2 WMAP cold spot hole in universe       #982831 - 08/24/07 10:45 AM View in Google Earth (387 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   try entering into google earth sky 03 11 00.00 - 20 36 00.0 then google earth properties says lat long -20.6° -132.25° I worked this by iteration to get the published location centered at galactic coordinates lII , bII = 209◦, -57◦. Extragalactic Radio Sources and the WMAP Cold spot Lawrence Rudnick 1, Shea Brown2, Liliya R. Williams3 Department of Astronomy, University of Minnesota Astro-ph 3 August 2007 Convert Equatorial to Galactic Coordinates fuse.pha.jhu.edu/support/tools/eqtogal.html Right Ascension (format HHMMSS.SS): Declination (format -DDMMSS.S): Initial epoch (format Eyyyy.yy): Epoch B1950.00 coordinates: 03 11 00.00 - 20 36 00.0 Galactic coordinates: LII=208.9665 BII=-56.9807 Post Extras:       blobrana Tourist Reged: 06/27/06 Posts: 132 Re: WMAP cold spot hole in universe [Re: dreric]       #982890 - 08/24/07 12:07 PM Edit   Reply   Quote   Quick Reply   The only problem is that there is nothing there. but at -20.9157° -131.152° there is a large concentration of matter (the question mark). At -5.59418° -133.899° however, there is a large blue hole (pink circle). IMAGE (117kb, 800 x 600) I guess that i have may have used a negative colourised Wmap of that region. Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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