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NASA 5-Gigapixel Milky Way

Posted: June 4th, 2008, 2:39pm CEST by lxnyce

Tags: nasa

SlashDot is currently discussing this new nasa mosaic. Here is their summary : "Today NASA unveiled a new infrared mosaic of our galaxy. The result of over 800,000 individual images collected by the Spitzer Space Telescope, it is the largest, highest-resolution, and most sensitive infrared picture ever taken of the Milky Way (and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future). Because Spitzer sees in infrared, it penetrates much farther into the galaxy, revealing previously hidden star clusters, star-forming regions, shocked gases, glowing 'bubbles' and more. The complete mosaic is about 400,000 by 13,000 pixels, and a 180' printed version is being shown at the American Astronomical Society meeting in St. Louis. A zoomable, annotated version of two different variants on the image (as well as some additional information on the science) is available at Alien Earths, a NASA- and NSF-supported education site." To be a part of the discussion, head on over to the SlashDot article. To make things easier for you GIS professionals, here are the images in reference to the mosaic : Single Images, not mosaiced : [www.spitzer.caltech.edu] Interactive Mosaic : [www.alienearths.org]
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