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.

	September 21 'Milky Way Project' Relaunches Citizen Science Website
	September 8 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer
	August 29 NASA Team Probes Peculiar Age-Defying Star
	August 25 Spitzer Space Telescope Begins 'Beyond' Phase
	July 27 Loneliest Young Star Seen by Spitzer and WISE
	July 21 Seeing the Milky Way's Giant Black Hole with New Eyes

	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

	September 8 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer (annotated)
	September 8 'Enterprise' Nebulae Seen by Spitzer
	August 29 Age-Defying Star
	August 26 Spitzer Beyond
	August 26 Spitzer's Journey