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PIA17446: Big Data on the Big Screen
The center of the Milky Way galaxy imaged by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is displayed on a quarter-of-a-billion-pixel, high-definition 23-foot-wide (7-meter) LCD science visualization screen at NASA's Ames Research Center.
 Mission:  Spitzer Space Telescope 
 Instrument:  Spitzer Space Telescope 
 Product Size:  1024 x 683 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Ames Research Center 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA17446.tif (2.099 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA17446.jpg (109.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

The center of the Milky Way galaxy imaged by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is displayed on a quarter-of-a-billion-pixel, high-definition 23-foot-wide (7-meter) LCD science visualization screen at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.

Image Credit:
NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2013-10-17