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Image: Milky Way VISTA

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Milky Way VISTA
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Description: This striking view of the central parts of the Milky Way was obtained with the VISTA survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. It was made from an original image of 108500x81500 pixels, which is nearly nine billion pixels. It was created by combining thousands of individual images from VISTA, taken through three different infrared filters, into a single monumental mosaic. These data form part of the VVV public survey and have been used to study a much larger number of individual stars in the central parts of the Milky Way than ever before. Because VISTA has a camera sensitive to infrared light it can see through much of the dust blocking the view for optical telescopes, although many more opaque dust filaments still show up well in this picture.
Original Resolution: 10240x1600
Copyright: ESO/VVV Consortium
Date added: 29 October 2012
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