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Why have we mapped stuff in 2 cone shapes only?

i just watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0W6U which is a very good video. And it showed the parts of the universe weve mapped. It is in 2 distcit cone shapes. any1 tell me why?

Update:

thnx geoff i didnt think of that.

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  • GeoffG
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Our Sun is located in the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy. The dust, gas, and stars of the Milky Way block our view in the plane of the Galaxy and close to it, so we can see clearly only north and south of the galactic plane, hence the two cone shaped areas we have mapped in detail.

  • 1 decade ago

    The two cones represent what we've mapped, the empty spaces between those cones have not been mapped.

  • halljr
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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