Tour the Milky Way in 20 billion pixels

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Tour the Milky Way in 20 billion pixels Mar 23, 2014 18:04:13 GMT -5

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Post by Gifthorse on Mar 23, 2014 18:04:13 GMT -5

This is pretty cool!

NASA has launched an interactive map of the Milky Way galaxy, constructed over the course of 10 years from more than 2 million infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope. see link

GLIMPSE360: Spitzer's Infrared Milky Way

joan Member Posts: 1,407	Tour the Milky Way in 20 billion pixels Mar 24, 2014 16:31:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joan on Mar 24, 2014 16:31:32 GMT -5 Beautiful & inspiring. Thank you Dawn.

raybar Administrator Posts: 2,984	Tour the Milky Way in 20 billion pixels Mar 24, 2014 17:01:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by raybar on Mar 24, 2014 17:01:39 GMT -5 I hope everyone is watching this in full-screen mode. The little window just doesn't do it justice. Hook it up to a giant TV if you can.

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