Catalog

Astronomers have mapped the distances of up to 56,000 galaxies, compiling the largest ever catalog

(ORDO NEWS) — A team of researchers led by astronomers Brent Tully and Ehsan Kurkchi of the University of Hawaii at Manoa has compiled the largest collection of high-precision distances to galaxies in history, dubbed Cosmicflows-4. Using eight different methods, they measured the distances of up to 56,000 galaxies. Galaxies like the Milky Way are the building blocks of the universe, each made up of several hundred billion stars. Measurements…