alt Hacker News> This gigantic dataset covers an area of the sky equivalent to 8600 full moons
What proportion of the celestial vault or sphere is that? Napkin calcul appreciated :)
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dylan604 • 10/01/2024
1 Full moon is about 0.5 degree if that helps
> This gigantic dataset covers an area of the sky equivalent to 8600 full moons
What proportion of the celestial vault or sphere is that? Napkin calcul appreciated :)
1 Full moon is about 0.5 degree if that helps
The (average) full moon occupies roughly 1/129,600 of the sky, or 0.00077%
So this data set covers 6.6% of the night sky.