Galaxies in Hiding

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Color Mapping

Band	Wavelength	Telescope
Infrared	3.6 µm	Spitzer IRAC
Infrared	4.5 µm	Spitzer IRAC
Infrared	12.0 µm	WISE

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Astrometrics

Position (undefined): RA = 4^h 50^m 19.2^s; Dec = 45° 5' 19.9"
Field of View: 1.1 x 1.1 degrees
Orientation: North is 50.2° right of vertical
Constellation: Perseus

Recent News

06.05.13

There are nearly 200 galaxies in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. These are part of the Perseus-Pisces supercluster of galaxies located 250 million light-years away. Normally, galaxies beyond our Milky Way are hidden from view when they happen to fall behind the plane of our galaxy. This is due to foreground dust standing in the way.

Spitzer's Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire 360, or Glimpse 360 project, is pointing Spitzer away from the galactic center, to complete a full 360-degree scan of the Milky Way plane. It has captures many images in the process, such as this one, revealing hidden objects.

	April 3 New Tool Finds Buried Treasure in Spitzer Archives
	March 27 Spitzer Sees the Galactic Dawn with 'Frontier Fields'
	March 20 NASA's Spitzer Telescope Brings 360-Degree View of Galaxy to Our Fingertips
	March 6 Mystery of Planet-forming Disks Explained by Magnetism
	February 26 Spitzer Stares into the Heart of New Supernova in M82
	February 7 Looking Back to the Cradle of Our Universe

	News Release NASA's Spitzer Sees Milky Way's Blooming Countryside ssc2013-05
	Image Bubbles Within Bubbles (annotated) ssc2013-05a
	Image Stars Shoot Jets in Cosmic Playground ssc2013-05b
	Image Life and Death Intermingled ssc2013-05c
	Image Galaxies in Hiding ssc2013-05d

	March 27 Distant Galaxies Lensed by Cluster J0717
	March 20 GLIMPSE the Galaxy All the Way Around
	March 6 Loops of Gas and Dust Rise from Planetary Disks
	February 26 The Cigar Galaxy M82
	February 26 M82 Galaxy with Supernova