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See the Milky Way Mapped Out in Stunning Detail

Alex Leff - GlobalPost February 25, 2016 Leave a Comment

Milky Way mapped
The southern plane of the milky way. Courtesy of eso/apex/atlasgal consortium/nasa/glimpse consortium/esa/planck

If you’re wondering what sort of psychedelic visuals we’re looking at here, it is the Milky Way in amazing detail.

The European Southern Observatory (ESO) made these pictures public announcing the completion of its huge galaxy survey, with the help of a really strong telescope in Chile.

“The APEX telescope in Chile has mapped the full area of the Galactic Plane visible from the southern hemisphere for the first time at submillimeter wavelengths — between infrared light and radio waves — and in finer detail than recent space-based surveys,” the ESO’s release says. “The pioneering 12-meter APEX telescope allows astronomers to study the cold Universe: gas and dust only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero.”

So basically, you’re looking at some of the best photos around of Earth’s home galaxy.

Milky Way
This comparison shows the central regions of the milky way observed at different wavelengths.
eso/atlasgal consortium/nasa/glimpse consortium/vvv survey/esa/planck/d. Minniti/s. Guisard. Acknowledgement: ignacio toledo, martin kornmesser

Read more about the above image here.

Leonardo Testi from ESO said the project offers “a new and transformational look at the dense interstellar medium of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.”

Below are videos offering a closer look at the images.

Video credit: ESO/APEX/ATLASGAL consortium/NASA/GLIMPSE consortium/ESA/Planck. Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com)

 Video credit: ESO/APEX/ATLASGAL consortium/NASA/GLIMPSE consortium/ESA/Planck/VVV Survey/D. Minniti/S. Guisard
Acknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo, Martin Kornmesser. Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com)
This article first appeared on GlobalPost.

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