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> 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 appreci

> 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 :)

ljf 2y ago
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.
dylan604 2y ago
1 Full moon is about 0.5 degree if that helps