Starship Asterisk*

know a little about CMB, expansion, etc. Looked at the map, read the discussions. Still do not understand what the red in middle of the blue means. If we are moving in the direction of blue shifted areas, how are we moving away from the red area in the middle of the blue. Or is the red indicating so...

Great visual effect! Shadow and light moving across a spinning globe.

Cousin Rickey: Here is a link to a skychart that looks good to me. Can be customized quite a bit.

http://www.skyviewcafe.com/skyview.php

RJN: Thanks for the extra links. I will be using them if necessary.

Art: thanks for the power spectra input. Unfortunately I am just an interested retired civilian. I have a little math background but too long ago. I'll need to do some research on your clips and comments for it to mean much to me. Something new to work on, at least for me.

Nice 3D visualization. really looks like random fluctuations, but looks can be deceiving.

Why the egg-shaped universe picture? Is the universe really that way or is this just a representation of a 3 dimensional sphere in 2 dimensions?