zoomable infrared color mosaic image of our entire galaxy, scanning all directions, 20,000 MPx data showing half the stars, viewable on Net: Rich Murray 2014.03.25
http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-zoomable-360-degree-view-of-our-galaxy?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a316cd1938-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-a316cd1938-282 A zoomable 360-degree view of our galaxy<http://kurzweilai.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aad1a7eea269839c7d10845e8&id=71bc3b5b01&e=65bed29277> March 25, 2014 [image: Milky-Way---featured]<http://kurzweilai.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aad1a7eea269839c7d10845e8&id=32b8ba5c72&e=65bed29277> NASA's new zoomable, 360-degree mosaic, presented Thursday at the TED 2014 Conference in Vancouver, allows for exploring the Milky Way interactively. The panorama of our galaxy is constructed from more than 2 million infrared snapshots taken over the past 10 years by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The 20-gigapixel mosaic uses Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope visualization platform. ... more...<http://kurzweilai.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aad1a7eea269839c7d10845e8&id=59ea7c1c72&e=65bed29277> http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse360 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/video-audio/1444 download video
