A method is presented to search for a hypertorus symmetry axis by the alignment of distant objects .
This offers greater sensitivity than previously proposed object-based methods that rely on accurate true distances .
When applied to the catalog of objects with z > 1 , we find no evidence for a compact dimension .
We deduce a lower limit to the compact dimension size D > 0.9 of the distance to the cosmic horizon .
This is consistent with independent constraints from the recent analysis of the WMAP microwave background data .