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Originally Posted by glenc
This is like a Google map of the Milky Way
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Hi Glen,
Thanks for mentioning the Milky Way Explorer!
For people in the southern hemisphere, there is also my SuperCOSMOS explorer, which has much more detailed hydrogen-alpha images within 10 degrees of the galactic plane (between 30 and 210 degrees in galactic longitude):
http://galaxymap.org/sc/sc.php
I have not combined this with the main Explorer application yet because there are some problems with plate calibration. I've tried various sophisticated mosaicking software packages like Swarp to no avail.
It's a shame that there are some obvious plate boundaries, but the images are still useful I think.
Kevin
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Kevin Jardine
Galaxy Map
http://galaxymap.org