University of British Columbia astronomy professor Harvey Richer demonstrates the virtual reality model. (CBC)
A group of researchers at the University of British Columbia has created a 3D model of a star cluster using images captured from the Hubble Space Telescope to better understand how galaxies are formed.
UBC astronomy professor Harvey Richer likens using the 3D model to walking in a winter wonderland.
“This is incredible,” Richer said. “There’s about half a million of these [stars] in this cluster concentrated together in quite a small volume. That’s why it looks so dense as we go through the centre of it.”
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Source: CBC News