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Published online 21 May 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/453437a
No star left behind
An open-source software project could help unify every existing astronomical image into a single data set.
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The goal is noble, "to recognize any starscape and place it in its proper coordinates". The challenge is the historic trap of KNOWING and then restricting and directing research in the wrong direction. The space agency NASA illustrates this problem. -Oliver K. Manuel, http://www.omatumr.com