Highway of Stars
spitzer_sig06-017 June 6th, 2007
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
Like a celestial arrow spanning roughly one-third of the northern sky, this artist's concept of a newly discovered stream of ancient stars passes just over the head of the constellation Leo (on the right), before plunging through the heart of the Great Bear, or Big Dipper constellation (to the left).
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2239-sig06-017-Highway-of-Stars
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
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- ID
- sig06-017
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4. B.7.1.3.
- Subject Name
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
- Release Date
- 2007-06-06
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2239-sig06-017-Highway-of-Stars
- Type
- Artwork
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
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- Instrument
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- Bandpass
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- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
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- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- sig06-017.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0001/5625/sig06-017.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-10-11
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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