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NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy

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November 10, 2009 11:00AM (EST)Release ID: 2009-28
A tapestry in shades of blue, purple, red, yellow, and white. The upper left corner is full of red and pink clouds of dust and gas, with yellow stars nestled everywhere. Except for the extreme upper right corner, the right seems less dusty, the multitude of yellow stars less shrouded. The lower portion begins with dusty pink clouds showing yellow stars poking through. Moving to the right, there are several bright pink stars, quite a few blue stars, and three or more large yellow star clusters shrouded in pink dust. Dust from the bright center is thicker here, like fog blanketing an area of intense star formation. There are small yellow stars everywhere here. Continuing to the right, through lessening dust, there are red, pink, purple, and blue stars, but fewer small yellow ones. In the bottom right corner area are pink, red, blue, and purple stars. There are fewer stars here.

Summary

A never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA on Nov. 10. This event will commemorate the 400 years since Galileo first turned his telescope to the heavens in 1609. In celebration of this International Year of Astronomy, NASA is releasing images of the galactic center region as seen by its Great Observatories to more than 150 planetariums, museums, nature centers, libraries, and schools across the country.

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A never-before-seen view of the turbulent heart of our Milky Way galaxy is being unveiled by NASA on Nov. 10. This event will commemorate the 400 years since Galileo first turned his telescope to the heavens in 1609. In celebration of this International Year of Astronomy, NASA is releasing images of the galactic center region as seen by its Great Observatories to more than 150 planetariums, museums, nature centers, libraries, and schools across the country. The sites will unveil a giant, 6-foot-by-3-foot print of the bustling hub of our galaxy that combines a near-infrared view from the Hubble ...

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