Cosmic microwave background question.

jaydnul · Oct 16, 2012

So to detect the EM waves from this background, did the device that measured it focus on one single point in the sky, kinda like hubble, or did it do a full panoramic spherical measurement of the whole sky around it?

mathman · Oct 16, 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background_radiation

The above includes a history of the measurements.

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