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|  | Astronomers Release Unprecedented Data Set
« Thread Started on Jan 14, 2012, 8:24am » | ![[Quote]](http://images.proboards.com/buttons/quote.gif "[Quote]") |
http://media.caltech.edu/press_releases/13486
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Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the University of Arizona have released the largest data set ever collected that documents the brightening and dimming of stars and other celestial objects—two hundred million in total.
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| | Re: Astronomers Release Unprecedented Data Set
« Reply #1 on Jan 14, 2012, 8:39am » | |
That is... a lot of data.
I wouldn't even know where to start looking to find something useful.
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