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The 2dF survey also yields a unique view on our local cosmic environment. In the figure a 3-D reconstruction of the inner parts of the survey is shown, revealing a view on the cosmic structures in the nearby universe. Several
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between 1997 and 11 April 2002. The data from this survey were made public on 30 June 2003. The survey determined the large-scale structure in two large slices of the Universe to a depth of around 2.5 billion light years
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of the North Polar band was about 7.5 degrees while the declination of the South Polar band was about 15 degrees. Hundreds of isolated two degree fields near the South Polar band were also surveyed (see
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Limits on the contribution of massive neutrinos to dark matter, putting a limit on the sum of the masses of the three families of neutrinos at 1.8 eV.
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installed at the primary focus permitting the observation of a field of 2 degrees per pointing. The instrument possesses a
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equipped with two banks each of 200 optical fibres, permitting the simultaneous measurement of 400 spectra.
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All these results are in agreement with the measurements of other experiments, notably those of
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of 0.11. The volume of the Universe covered by the survey is approximately 10
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The limiting apparent magnitude of the survey is 19.5, covering objects with a
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The areas selected for observation were previously surveyed by the massive
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reconstruction of the inner parts of the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey.
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observed by the survey corresponds to a distance of 600
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The 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey: spectra and redshifts
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Physical cosmology
Full-sky image derived from nine years' WMAP data
Big Bang
Universe
Age of the universe
Chronology of the universe
Inflation
Nucleosynthesis
Gravitational wave (GWB)
Microwave (CMB)
Neutrino (CNB)
Hubble's law
Redshift
Expansion of the universe
FLRW metric
Friedmann equations
Inhomogeneous cosmology
Future of an expanding universe
Ultimate fate of the universe
Lambda-CDM model
Dark energy
Dark matter
Shape of the universe
Galaxy filament

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