Atlas Image of the center of the Milky Way obtained as part of the Two Micron All Sky
Survey (2MASS), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and
Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration and the National Science Foundation.
Click on image for full size
Courtesy of Atlas Image mosaics by E. Kopan, R. Cutri, and S. Van Dyk (IPAC
Map of the Sky
News story originally written on July 17, 2000
Thanks to a couple of telescopes, everyone on the internet can browse through
almost 2 million images. Stars throughout the sky were photographed by the
Two-Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) and are now available free of charge.
And just in case you don't think 2 million images is enough, another million
will be added by 2003. Click on the link below to start browsing. Happy star hunting!
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