Milky Way Galaxy is a photograph by Nasa/2mass/j. Carpenter, T. H. Jarrett, R. Hurt/science Photo Library which was uploaded on September 26th, 2018.
Milky Way Galaxy
Milky Way galaxy, 2MASS infrared image. This projection shows the entire sky as recorded by the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS, 1997-2001). It is... more
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Milky Way Galaxy
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Nasa/2mass/j. Carpenter, T. H. Jarrett, R. Hurt/science Photo Library
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Milky Way galaxy, 2MASS infrared image. This projection shows the entire sky as recorded by the Two Micron All-Sky Survey (2MASS, 1997-2001). It is centred on the Milky Way's disc (horizontal), seen from our position inside this spiral galaxy. The 2MASS survey recorded the brightnesses of half a billion stars. The colours represent three wavelengths of infrared light: blue at 1.2 microns, green at 1.6 microns, and red at 2.2 microns. The red-brown areas are the Milky Way's nebulae and dust lanes. The faint patches at lower right are the Milky Way's satellite galaxies, the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds.
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September 26th, 2018
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