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Latest Update: 4/13/03
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The Infrared Milky Way
This map of the near infrared sky
includes the light of a half billion stars
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The Infrared Universe
Light from 1.6 million galaxies
reveals the structure of the local universe
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Galaxies of the Infrared Sky
Nearby and distant structures in the
local universe are color-coded by galaxy brightness
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Tarantula Nebula
Giant star formation region
in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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47 Tucanae
A large, bright globular cluster in the
Milky Way, also known as NGC 104
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Sword of Orion
One of the best-known nebulae in the sky,
easily visible to the naked eye nearly everywhere in the world
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30 Largest Infrared Galaxies
These are the biggest galaxies beyond
the Milky Way seen in infrared light
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Keyhole Nebula
Contains Eta Carinae, one of the largest
stars in the Galaxy
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Maffei 1&2
Two nearby, large galaxies
that were first discovered in infrared images
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The Galactic Center
Infrared view of 10 million
stars, revealing the center of our Milky Way Galaxy
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RCW 38
A nearby star formation
region
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The Infrared Sky
A view of the Milky
Way compiled from a quarter billion stars in the 2MASS catalogs
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Flame Nebula
A star forming region
in Orion, also home to the Horsehead Nebula
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