Galactic map of the 2MASS Point Source Catalog

Autor:

Atlas Image obtained as part of the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.

Credit:

http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/releases/allsky/jhk_log.gif

Krótki link:

https://plwiki.pl/b/89e22

źródło:

Wikimedia Commons

Wymiary:

1280 x 640 Pixel (444803 Bytes)

Opis:

This is a panoramic view of the enire sky (rendered in an Aitoff projection). Not produced directly from the 2MASS sky images, this view has been compiled from star counts in the 2MASS point source database.

Licencja:

Public domain