The southern plane of the Milky Way from the ATLASGAL survey (annotated)

A spectacular new image of the Milky Way has been released to mark the completion of the APEX Telescope Large Area Survey of the Galaxy (ATLASGAL). The APEX telescope in Chile has mapped the full area of the Galactic Plane visible from the southern hemisphere at submillimetre wavelengths — between infrared light and radio waves. The new finely detailed images complement those from recent space-based surveys. The pioneering 12-metre APEX telescope allows astronomers to study the cold Universe: gas and dust only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero.

The APEX data, at a wavelength of 0.87 millimetres, shows up in red and the background blue image was imaged at shorter infrared wavelengths by the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope as part of the GLIMPSE survey. The fainter extended red structures come from complementary observations made by ESA's Planck satellite.

Many of the most prominent objects are named and the parts of the galaxy that are shown in the three slices are indicated at the right.

Crédit:

ESO/APEX/ATLASGAL consortium/NASA/GLIMPSE consortium/ESA/Planck

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso1606c
Type:Dessin
Date de publication:24 février 2016 12:00
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso1606
Taille:27412 x 10811 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Milky Way
Type:Milky Way
Catégorie:Nebulae
Stars

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DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge8.0 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
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