Seeing the Milky Way in different wavelength bands
| By The Cosmos
Astronomers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), in Perth in Western Australia, have produced what they call the GLEAMoscope to enable you to viewÂ the Milky Way over many different wavelengths, from gamma-ray to radio. (The name â€˜GLEAMâ€™ is derived fromÂ GaLactic and Extragalactic All-Sky Murchison Widefield Array.)
The plane of the Milky Way is shownÂ as the horizontalÂ across the middle. The north pole of the Galaxy is towards the top. Go to the GLEAMoscopeÂ website and use the sliding bar at the top left of the to change the wavelengths shown. (Note the image above is just a stillÂ and is not interactive.) Â Different wavelengths reveal different features, from the dull red glow of hydrogen gas permeating through space, to the stars and dust clouds of our visible galaxy, and superhot gas generating x-rays.