File:Milky Way IR Spitzer.jpg

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English: The centre of the Milky Way Galaxy seen through NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Other languages:

Asturianu: El cientru de la Vía Láctea adicáu dende'l Telescopiu espacial Spitzer, perteneciente a la NASA.

Čeština: Centrum naší galaxie, Mléčné dráhy zaznamenaný teleskopem Spitzer space telescope

Deutsch: Das Zentrum der Milchstraße in einer Falschfarbenaufnahme des Spitzer-Weltraumteleskop der NASA

English: The centre of the Milky Way Galaxy seen through NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Español: El centro de la Vía Láctea visto a través del Telescopio espacial Spitzer, perteneciente a la NASA.

Français : Le centre de la Voie lactée, vu par le télescope spatial Spitzer de la NASA.

Galego: A zona central da Vía Láctea vista co telescopio espacial Spitzer da NASA.

Íslenska: Miðja Vetrarbrautarinnar séð í gegnum Spitzer-geimsjónaukann.

Italiano: Il centro della Via Lattea visto in un'immagine del telescopio spaziale Spitzer della NASA.

Magyar: A Tejútrendszer központja a NASA Spitzer űrtávcsövének infravörös felvételén

Nederlands: Valse-kleuropname van het centrum van de Melkweg door de Spitzer Space Telescope van de NASA

Polski: Zdjęcie Drogi Mlecznej wykonane w podczerwieni przez należący do NASA Kosmiczny Teleskop Spitzera.

Português: Imagem do centro da Via Láctea obtida pelo Telescópio espacial Spitzer, da NASA.

Română: Centrul Căii Lactee văzut de Telescopul Spitzer Space.

Svenska: Infraröd bild av Vintergatans centrum, från rymdteleskopet Spitzer.

Беларуская: Цэнтр нашай Галактыкі, бачны праз касмічны тэлескоп Спіцар, НАСА.

Русский: Центр галактики Млечный Путь на снимке космического телескопа Спитцер (NASA)

Українська: Центр галактики Чумацький шлях на знимці телескопа Спітцера (SIRTF або SST, NASA). Кольори змінено.

日本語： NASA、スピッツァー宇宙望遠鏡撮影で見た銀河の中心。

中文：斯皮泽太空望遠鏡拍摄的银河中心图象

中文（繁體）：從史匹哲太空望遠鏡拍攝到的銀河系中心影像

עברית : מרכז שביל החלב, כפי שהוא נראה מטלסקופ החלל שפיצר של נאס"א

العربية : هذه الصورة بالأشعة تحت الحمراء من تلسكوب ناسا تظهر مئات الآلاف من النجوم منضغطة في قلب مجرتنا درب التبانة. في الصور بالضوء المرئي، هذه المنطقة لا يمكن رؤيتها على الإطلاق لأن الغبار بين الأرض و مركز المجرة يحجب الرؤية.

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"This dazzling infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows hundreds of thousands of stars crowded into the swirling core of our spiral Milky Way galaxy. In visible-light pictures, this region cannot be seen at all because dust lying between Earth and the galactic center blocks our view."
Image downscaled (2x) from original.

English: The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. But in this stunning vista, the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras penetrate much of the dust, revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region. The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will offer a much-improved infrared view, teasing out fainter stars and sharper details.

The center of our galaxy is a crowded place: A black hole weighing 4 million times as much as our Sun is surrounded by millions of stars whipping around it at breakneck speeds. This extreme environment is bathed in intense ultraviolet light and X-ray radiation. Yet much of this activity is hidden from our view, obscured by vast swaths of interstellar dust.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is designed to view the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye, but is very important for looking at astronomical objects hidden by dust. After its launch, Webb will gather infrared light that has penetrated the dusty veil, revealing the galactic center in unprecedented detail.

Date

English: released January 10, 2006

Polski: opublikowano 10 stycznia 2006

Source

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1540-ssc2006-02a-A-Cauldron-of-Stars-at-the-Galaxy-s-Center

Author

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stolovy (Spitzer Science Center/Caltech)

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Other versions

English: Same region of Milky Way: in visible light - Milky_way_2_md.jpg, in x-ray - Milky Way Galaxy center Chandra.jpg

Français : Même région de la voie lactée vue à d'autres longueurs d'onde: en visible, en X.

Polski: Ten sam region Drogi Mlecznej: w świetle widzialnym - Milky_way_2_md.jpg, w zakresie promieniowania X - Milky Way Galaxy center Chandra.jpg

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Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Data arrangement	chunky format
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS2 Macintosh
File change date and time	08:35, 9 January 2006
Color space	Uncalibrated

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