Composite Image of the Center of the Milky Way Galaxy is Released on September 21st 2009

A Collection of More Than a Thousand Photographic Images Produced This View of the Center of Our Galaxy

Have you ever wondered what the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy might look like?

Only a week ago, on September 14th, the human race was presented with a panoramic view of the Milky Way, so today's image significantly adds to our perspective on the vastness of our home galaxy.

 

Panoramic View of the Milky Way Galaxy Was Made Available to the Public on September 14th 2009

 Researchers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile have established a web site, Gigagalaxy zoom that allows visitors an opportunity to select and observe much larger images of portions of the Milky Way. French photographers Serge Brunier and Frédéric Tapissier did the considerable amount of work that made the panoramic view a reality.

The project addressed a dual concern: to provide "a human-eye view of the sky." and: "The ESO developed the project, which features this and other images by Stéphane Guisard to celebrate the 400th aniversary of Galileo’s first use of the telescope to view the heavens.