WISE Map of Milky Way Galaxy Showing Central X-Shaped Structure (IMAGE)

Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics

WISE Map of Milky Way Galaxy Showing Central X-Shaped Structure

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WISE allsky map of the sky showing the Milky Way Galaxy. The central circle indicates the centre of the Galaxy and the inset shows an enhanced view of the x-shaped structure.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech; D. Lang/Dunlap Institute

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