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published by the Goddard Space Flight Center
This Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) shows the view toward the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, as seen from a dark location in Chile. The site includes describes the interstellar dust, including the complex network of dust filaments within the galaxy's center. Links  provide further information.
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Astronomy
- Milky Way
= Galactic Center
= Interstellar Medium
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- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
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image credit: Serge Brunier; image source; larger image This resource was featured by the Physics To Go collection from February 16, 2009 until March 1, 2009. View the feature here!


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Free access
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© 2008 NASA GSFC
Keywords:
dust band, dust filaments, pipe nebula
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created February 12, 2009 by Logan Hancock
Record Updated:
January 28, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:
October 4, 2005
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AIP Format
(Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 2008), WWW Document, (https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051004.html).
AJP/PRST-PER
Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Milky Way in Stars and Dust (Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 2008), <https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051004.html>.
APA Format
Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Milky Way in Stars and Dust. (2005, October 4). Retrieved April 23, 2024, from Goddard Space Flight Center: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051004.html
Chicago Format
Goddard Space Flight Center. Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Milky Way in Stars and Dust. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, October 4, 2005. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051004.html (accessed 23 April 2024).
MLA Format
Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Milky Way in Stars and Dust. Greenbelt: Goddard Space Flight Center, 2008. 4 Oct. 2005. 23 Apr. 2024 <https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap051004.html>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Title = {Astronomy Picture of the Day: The Milky Way in Stars and Dust}, Publisher = {Goddard Space Flight Center}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {23 April 2024}, Month = {October 4, 2005}, Year = {2008} }
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