How do you explain the CMB anisotropy diagram?

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http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/070950/070950b.jpg
So the x-axis is multipole moment, which I remember from 2nd-quarter electromagnetism. Anyways, it surprises me that 1000-order multipole moments can even be physically significant.

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I got a professor to explain most of it to me. But I still don't get "opening angle". You supposedly can get a value with an "opening angle of 20". Or 21. Or 22.

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