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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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