Wide angle view of our own Galaxy

[Milky Way] Wide angle view of our own Galaxy

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2006 x 1303 280 kb color JPEG
2006 x 1303 2.5 Mb 8-bit color TIFF
2006 x 1303 7.6 Mb 24-bit color TIFF

A wide angle view toward the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. This is a modified version of a picture taken by David Talent at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. A box has been added showing the exact location of the Galactic Center: this box is 39 arc minutes on a side, which is the size of the infrared mosaic image taken at Kitt Peak (qv: there'll be a cross-reference when it's posted).

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