File:Spitzer's Milky Way .jpg

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English: The Spitzer Space Telescope's broad infrared view of our Milky Way Galaxy.

The image was created from more than 800,000 frames, so it is the most detailed infrared picture of our galaxy to date.

Astronomy Picture of the Day on 5 June 2008
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Source http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0806/iracmb_gc_f1.jpg
Author GLIMPSE, MIPSGAL, NASA, JPL-Caltech, University of Wisconsin
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