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.
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Courtesy of Atlas Image mosaics by E. Kopan, R. Cutri, and S. Van Dyk (IPAC
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Courtesy of Atlas Image mosaics by E. Kopan, R. Cutri, and S. Van Dyk (IPAC
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Map of the Sky
News story originally written on July 17, 2000
Have you ever wanted to see a picture of a star? How about 2 million pictures?!
The Two-Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)has put together all these images of stars for you to see! Just click
on the link below to start looking!