Huge Spitzer/Hubble image of the Milky Way released today

[pokerfan]

From Phil Plait's blog:

Astronomers using the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes have just released an incredible image of the center of the Milky Way.

(The image available for download is 6000 pixels wide.)

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/05/incredible-map-of-milky-way/">Incredible map of Milky Way

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/05/incredible-map-of-milky-way/">
Hubble and Spitzer map of Milky Way Center. Credit: NASA,
ESA, and Q.D. Wang (University of Massachusetts, Amherst),
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and S. Stolovy (Spitzer Science
Center/Caltech)

[CoffeeCat]

1. Will this story EVER die?

Geez. We all get that the former New York governor was with a hooker, but do we really
need to see pictures of it?

Sheesh!

[tridim]

2. That cage thing on the bottom left corner is freaking me out.

I think I might like this picture better than the Pillars Of Creation. Thanks for posting!

[tridim]

3. I found Jay Leno and a sly-looking 60's hipster guy..

But no Jesus yet.

[Catshrink]

4. OMG!!! This is Hugh!!!

[Catshrink]

5. A little video about it

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0607-first_stars_in_the_universe.htm

[Bill McBlueState]

6. the American Astronomical Society is meeting this week

Expect a lot of exciting press releases between now and Friday!

[Ptah]

7. Astronomy Picture of the Day for today:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090107.html