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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Gamma Ray All Sky Map
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Gamma Ray All Sky Map
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What if you could "see" gamma rays? This computer processed image represents a map of the entire sky at photon energies above 100 million electron Volts. These gamma-ray photons are more than 40 million times more energetic than visible light photons and are blocked from the Earth's surface by the atmosphere. In the early 1990s NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, in orbit around the Earth, scanned the entire sky to produce this picture. A diffuse gamma-ray glow from the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy is clearly seen across the middle. The nature and even distance to some of the fainter sources remain unknown. For more information see Compton Science Support Center release. [ http://cossc.gsfc.n…]
Explanation
What if you could "see" gamma rays? This computer processed image represents a map of the entire sky at photon energies above 100 million electron Volts. These gamma-ray photons are more than 40 million times more energetic than visible light photons and are blocked from the Earth's surface by the atmosphere. In the early 1990s NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, in orbit around the Earth, scanned the entire sky to produce this picture. A diffuse gamma-ray glow from the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy is clearly seen across the middle. The nature and even distance to some of the fainter sources remain unknown. For more information see Compton Science Support Center release. [ http://cossc.gsfc.n…] Explanation
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Credit and Copyright:
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NASA, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
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NASA, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
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Milky Way Galaxy
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Milky Way Galaxy
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Earth
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Earth
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EGRET
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EGRET
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Visible Light
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Visible Light
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original url:
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SPD-APOD-ap950623
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SPD-APOD-ap950623
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