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- Title
Outreach to the galaxy centre.
- Abstract
The article reports that several observatories of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are working to produce image of the Milky Way galaxy centre to mark International Year of Astronomy. As cited, NASA has sent large-format prints of image to museums and planetariums across the U.S. which is montage combining near-infrared view from NASA and X-ray view from Chandra X-ray Observatory in the U.S. As cited, the whole image covers a patch of sky and is in false color.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ASTRONOMICAL observatories; MILKY Way; INTERNATIONAL Year of Astronomy, 2009; UNITED States. National Aeronautics &; Space Administration; PLANETARIUMS; CHANDRA X-ray Observatory (U.S.)
- Publication
Astronomy & Geophysics, 2009, Vol 50, Issue 6, p6.06
- ISSN
1366-8781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-4004.2009.50604_9.x