Gaia's all-sky view

Gaia's all-sky view of our Milky Way Galaxy and neighbouring galaxies, based on measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars. The map shows the total brightness and colour of stars observed by the ESA satellite in each portion of the sky between July 2014 and May 2016.

Brighter regions indicate denser concentrations of especially bright stars, while darker regions correspond to patches of the sky where fewer bright stars are observed. The colour representation is obtained by combining the total amount of light with the amount of blue and red light recorded by Gaia in each patch of the sky.

The bright horizontal structure that dominates the image is the Galactic plane, the flattened disc that hosts most of the stars in our home Galaxy. In the middle of the image, the Galactic centre appears vivid and teeming with stars.

More information on: http://sci.esa.int/gaia/60169-gaia-s-sky-in-colour/

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ESA/Gaia/DPAC

À propos de l'image

Identification:ESA_Gaia_DR2_AllSky_Brightness_Colour_black_bg_8k
Type:Observation
Date de publication:23 mai 2018 09:28
Taille:8600 x 5416 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Milky Way
Type:Milky Way : Cosmology : Morphology : Large-Scale Structure
Catégorie:Stars

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