Friday, October 12, 2012

Apod 1.7

Shown here is a massive, high resolution image of the cosmos. This impressive photograph spans six times more degrees than the width of the full moon.  It is aimed at Sagittarius, one of the first constellations we learned about on our weekly quizzes. Hydrogens red emissions have been changed to green, and the starlight colored red.  The camera which took this image has 1.4 gigapixels.  The purpose of it is to scan for asteroids that may endanger earth.

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