Hold on to your telescopes: the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released the largest-ever 2D color map of the universe. The 5.6-trillion-pixel map contains nearly 4 billion celestial objects, primarily stars and galaxies. The data is available for all to use and publicly viewable through the Legacy Survey Sky Viewer.

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/08/10/scientists-release-biggest-2d-map-of-the-universe/?utm_placement=newsletter

@mark - Is your observatory still set up and being used?