(Click on image to enlarge)Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stolovy (Spitzer Science Center/ Caltech)
Instrument: IRAC
Wavelength: 3.6 microns (blue), 4.5 microns (green), 5.8 microns (orange), 8.0 microns (red)
Exposure Date: Sept 3, 2004 and Sept 15, 2005
Exposure Time: 10 seconds per position
Field of View: 1.9 x 1.4 degrees
Orientation: galactic north is up, galactic east is to the left
Release Date: January 10, 2006
The pictured region is located in the Sagitarius constellation; the Galactic Center: awesome, just awesome. More details at Spitzer Science Center, Caltech
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