The Entire Sky in Infrared Light as Seen by AKARI (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

The Entire Sky in Infrared Light as Seen by AKARI

Caption

This image shows the entire sky in infrared light at nine micrometers. The bright stripe extending from left to right is the disc of our own Milky Way galaxy. Several bright regions corresponding to strong infrared radiation appear along or next to the Galactic Plane. These regions are sites of newly born stars. At the brightest region in the very center of the image, towards the center of our galaxy, old stars crowd together. AKARI observed the infrared radiation emitted from the heated interstellar dust.

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JAXA

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