Comparison of the central part of the Milky Way at different wavelengths

This image shows the same part of sky again at even shorter wavelengths, the near-infrared, as seen by ESO’s VISTA infrared survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Regions appearing as dark dust tendrils here show up brightly in the ATLASGAL view.

This image is part of a comparison image.

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ESO/ATLASGAL consortium/NASA/GLIMPSE consortium/VVV Survey/ESA/Planck/D. Minniti/S. GuisardAcknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo, Martin Kornmesser

Über das Bild

ID:eso1606i
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:24. Februar 2016 12:00
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Über das Objekt

Name:Milky Way, Milky Way Galactic Centre
Typ:Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core
Constellation:Sagittarius
Kategorie:Galaxies

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Koordinaten

Position (RA):17 46 9.60
Position (Dec):-28° 44' 45.48"
Field of view:1231.84 x 192.96 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 58.6° links zur Vertikale