There are 21 novel constellations of stars inwards the nighttime sky. These novel constellations bring been given names such every 2d the TARDIS, the Albert Einstein together with the Black Widow Spider. But you lot volition involve a really powerful gamma-ray telescope to thought these novel constellations - or NASA's powerful novel interactive map.
Since the outset of human history people bring stared upward at the nighttime sky together with searched for patterns inwards the stars. In these patterns nosotros imagine nosotros run into animals, mythical creatures together with familiar objects such every 2d crabs, bulls, centaurs together with scales. By naming recognizable configurations of stars for the patterns they resemble nosotros bring invented a classification organisation for the heavens.
We telephone telephone each of these patterns of stars a constellation. The International Astronomical Union recognizes 88 constellations. The IAU has nevertheless to recognize NASA's 21 novel gamma-ray constellations. However you lot tin flame approximate the novel constellations for yourself on NASA's interactive map of Fermi's Gamma-ray Constellations.
Fermi’s Large Area Telescope has been searching the universe for gamma rays, the highest-energy low-cal inwards the universe, since 2008. These gamma-ray emission emanate from such things every 2d pulsars, nova outbursts or supermassive dark holes. The give away of gamma-ray sources that the telescope has identified together with hence far is close equal to the give away of brilliant stars. Therefore NASA has decided to form out these novel gamma-ray sources amongst a novel develop of unofficial classifications of constellations.
Check-out NASA's interactive map to thought the Starship Enterprise, Godzilla, Schrödinger’s Cat together with all the other novel unofficial constellations.
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