Starry, starry skies or Where's Waldo?

[packman]

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum started the project half a decade ago to search for objects in space that change in their brightness over time. After dividing a section of the southern sky into 268 different sections, the scientists spent days creating ultra-high-resolution photos of each one with telescopes at the Cerro Armazones Observatory in Chile.

Once all of the sections had been photographed, the team stitched together ... 268 giant photos into an ultra-giant, 46-gigapixel photo that weighs a monstrous 194 gigabytes."

Amazing interactive map at site below - you can adjust contrast to get amazing clarity- and keep in mind this is the Southern sky and only a section of it - rather humbling:

http://astro.vm.rub.de/