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the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) has catalogued more than 43,000 galaxies within 380 million light-years from earth (z < 0.09). in this projection, the plane of the milky way runs horizontally across the center of the image. 2MRS is notable for extending closer to the galactic plane than previous surveys — a region that's generally obscured by dust.
credit: t.h. jarrett (IPAC/SSC)
