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File:Ssc2008-11a.jpg

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Description
English: The Spitzer Space Telescope's broad infrared view of our Milky Way Galaxy.
The image was created from more than 800,000 frames, so it is the most detailed infrared picture of our galaxy to date.
Date 3 June 2008
Source http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2008-11a
Author NASA, JPL-Caltech, University of Wisconsin

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Public domain This file is in the public domain because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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Image title Image generated by ESP Ghostscript (device=pnmraw)
Width 3,000 px
Height 2,400 px
Compression scheme LZW
Pixel composition RGB
Orientation Normal
Number of components 3
Horizontal resolution 300 dpi
Vertical resolution 300 dpi
Data arrangement chunky format
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
File change date and time 16:41, 30 May 2008
Colour space Uncalibrated

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