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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>A Big Ring on the Sky · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2402.07591/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2402.07591/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>A Big Ring on the Sky — mentioned by michae4</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40493369</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2402.07591:40493369</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 18:38:48 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;from Figure 1 (page 5 of the PDF) https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.07591: &amp;gt; The tangent-plane distribution of Mg II absorbers in the redshift slice z = 0.802 ± 0.060. the ring is visible in the slice, which corresponds to a distance range based on those redshift values and cosmological parameters. I think this is effectively a spherical shell of a certain thickness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2402.07591/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>astro-ph.CO</category></item><item><title>A Big Ring on the Sky — mentioned by Retric</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40493091</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2402.07591:40493091</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 18:06:30 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Check out the preprint: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.07591 It’s less impressive when looking at the background data than how it’s described.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2402.07591/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>astro-ph.CO</category></item><item><title>A Big Ring on the Sky — mentioned by breck</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40489000</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2402.07591:40489000</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2024 09:01:22 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07591&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2402.07591/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>astro-ph.CO</category></item></channel></rss>
