File:The Infrared Milky Way.jpg
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DescriptionThe Infrared Milky Way.jpg |
English: This panoramic view encompasses the entire sky as seen by Two Micron All-Sky Survey. The measured brightnesses of half a billion stars (points) have been combined into colors representing three distinct wavelengths of infrared light: blue at 1.2 microns, green at 1.6 microns microns, and red at 2.2 microns. This image is centered on the core of our own Milky Way galaxy, toward the constellation of Sagittarius. The reddish stars seemingly hovering in the middle of the Milky Way's disc -- many of them never observed before -- trace the densest dust clouds in our galaxy. The two faint smudges seen in the lower right quadrant are our neighboring galaxies, the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds. |
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Source | http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/gallery/showcase/allsky_stars/index.html |
Author | 2MASS/J. Carpenter, T. H. Jarrett, & R. Hurt |
Copyright notice: http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/gallery/showcase/copyright.html
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Image title | http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/ |
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Author | Two Micron All Sky Survey |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 100 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 100 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 7.0 |
File change date and time | 14:49, 25 April 2003 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |