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Seven Year Microwave Sky

The detailed, all-sky picture of the infant universe created from seven years of WMAP data

Originator: NASA/WMAP SCIENCE TEAM

The detailed, all-sky picture of the infant universe created from seven years of WMAP data. The image reveals 13.7 billion year old temperature fluctuations (shown as color differences) that correspond to the seeds that grew to become the galaxies. The signal from the our Galaxy was subtracted using the multi-frequency data. This image shows a temperature range of ± 200 microKelvin.

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Examples

Basic Examples

See the data as an image:

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image = ResourceData["Seven Year Microwave Sky"]
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See the size of the image:

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ImageDimensions[image]
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Look at a subimage:

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ImageTake[image, {400, 800}, {300, 700}]
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Wolfram Research, "Seven Year Microwave Sky" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2017)   https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.88823.data

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  • Prepared for the Wolfram Data Repository By: Jeff Bryant (Wolfram|Alpha, LLC)
  • Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research