Interactive visualization of intercluster galaxy structures in the horologium-reticulum supercluster

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1149-1155

  Miller, Jameson ^a   Quammen, Cory W ^a   Fleenor, Matthew C ^b  

^a CB 3175 Sitterson Hall   (United States)

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Cosmology; Sparse point visualization

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; SPARSE POINT VISUALIZATION;

ASTRONOMY; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION THEORY; GALAXIES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33845628128     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2006.155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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