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Customise a set of playing cards with your photos, text, or designs for a unique birthday gift, wedding favour, or to stylise your home poker tournament as a cut above the rest.

  • Easy to shuffle, smooth card stock.
  • Dimensions: 6.3 cm x 9 cm (2.5" x 3.5"); poker size playing cards
  • 52 playing cards and 2 Jokers per deck.
  • Cards come in a simple & elegant custom Zazzle cardboard box.
  • Creator Tip: To ensure the highest quality print, please note that this product’s customisable design area measures 6.2 cm x 8.8 cm (2.47" x 3.47"). For best results please add 0.3 cm (1/8") bleed.

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Milky Way Galaxy Veil Over WMAP Universe   Playing Cards

Milky Way Galaxy Veil Over WMAP Universe Playing Cards

The Milky Way's Veil: Understanding the WMAP Image with Galactic Foreground The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB): A Glimpse into the Universe's Infancy - The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a faint radiation filling the universe, a relic of the Big Bang. It provides a snapshot of the universe when it was just 380,000 years old. By studying the tiny temperature fluctuations in the CMB, cosmologists can glean insights into the universe's age, composition, and geometry. ~ The WMAP Mission: A Pioneer in CMB Observations ~ The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) was a revolutionary NASA mission launched in 2001. Its primary goal was to map the CMB with unprecedented precision. By observing the sky in multiple frequency bands, WMAP was able to distinguish between the faint CMB signal and interfering foreground emissions, including those from our own Milky Way Galaxy. ~ The Milky Way's Interference: A Red Herring in the Cosmic Tapestry ~ The image you described, with the Milky Way highlighted in red, illustrates a significant challenge in CMB observations: galactic foreground emission. Our galaxy, a vast collection of stars, gas, and dust, emits radiation across a wide range of wavelengths, including the microwave band where the CMB resides. This galactic foreground can obscure the delicate CMB signal, making it difficult to extract meaningful information. ~ Why is this version of the WMAP image important? ~ This particular image serves as a visual reminder of the challenges faced by cosmologists in their quest to understand the early universe. By highlighting the Milky Way's influence on CMB observations, it emphasizes the need for careful data processing and analysis techniques to remove or mitigate the effects of foreground contamination. ~ How is this version different from other WMAP images? ~ While the standard WMAP images often present the CMB map without explicitly highlighting the galactic foreground, this version specifically draws attention to the Milky Way's impact. This can be achieved by overlaying a red band or mask to indicate the regions where the galactic emission is strongest. - By understanding the nature and extent of galactic foreground contamination, scientists can develop more sophisticated data processing algorithms to isolate the pure CMB signal. This, in turn, allows for more precise measurements of cosmological parameters and a deeper understanding of the universe's history and evolution.

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By Song L.July 18, 2021Verified Purchase
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Upon seeing that I could print my personal photo onto a deck of cards, I was very excited. Seeing the image that I captured 54 times while playing card games is an a great way to spend time. There is no limit to the amount of people that can play cards and admire the photo on the back. At first I thought it would only be a small amount of people that would want and use the cards but then more and more people wanted to see my photo on the cards. People are recognizing the value of playing cards instead of video games. This was a great idea! The printing turned out exactly as described when I aligned everything before placing the order. Very happy with the way the printing turned out.
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By J.July 4, 2019Verified Purchase
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I created these and they arrived today. I am so happy with this because they arnt to bad quality and now i can say i own my own deck of cards. Very pleased and will definitly make v2s.To increase sales put performance coat on them.Then it will be 5 stars. The coulers werent bad at all they were pretty close and i think most coulors would turn out great
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By AnonymousSeptember 29, 2025Verified Purchase
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Thank You - I am organizing a memorial tournament for a great friend. The cards are fantastic. They feel almost like real Bicycle Cards. The image I uploaded took beautifully. I will likely be ordering more. .

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