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Anatomy of the Milky Way (old)

01/08/2016 149 views 1 likes 512446 ID

This is an older version of the Milky Way's anatomy. 

A new, more accurate version of this infographic, based on data from ESA's Gaia space telescope is available here. 

  • CREDIT
    Left: NASA/JPL-Caltech; right: ESA
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    layout: ESA/ATG medialab
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