Spitzer Finds Clarity in the Inner Milky Way
July 22, 2008
More than 800,000 frames from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope were stitched together to create a infrared portrait of dust and stars radiating in the inner Milky Way. This animation highlights the more interesting sections of the the very large mosiac image.
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Technology Internet, Spiral galaxies, Local Group, Infrared telescopes, HD 37974, HDE 268835, Spitzer, Milky Way, Spitzer Space Telescope, Infrared imaging