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About the Object Object Name: Milky Way, Galactic Plane
Object Type: Galaxy
Position (J2000): RA: 17h 45m 40.00s Dec: -29d 0m 28.00s
About the Data Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/E. Churchwell (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Instrument: IRAC
Exposure Date: GLIMPSE I: Mar. 2004 - Nov. 2004; GLIMPSE II: Sep. 2005 - Apr. 2006; GLIMPSE 3D: Sep. 2006 - May 2007
Exposure Time: 1.2 sec/frame (actual exposure time) >444,000 frames
Release Date: June 3, 2008
Observers E. Churchwell (University of Wisconsin)
B. Babler (University of Wisconsin)
M. Meade (University of Wisconsin)
B. Whitney (Space Science Institute)
R. Indebetouw (University of Virginia)
R. Benjamin (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
T. Robitaille (St. Andrews University)
J. Jackson (Boston University)
D. Clemens (Boston University)
T. Bania (Boston University)
E. Mercer (Boston University, now University of Michigan)
H. Kobulnicky (University of Wyoming)
B. Uzpen (University of Wyoming)
M. Povich (University of Wisconsin)
C. Cyganowski (University of Wisconsin)
C. Watson (Manchester College)
C. Devine ((University of Wisconsin)
D. Watson (Vanderbilt University)
F. Heitsch (University of Michigan)
M. Cohen (University of California-Berkeley)
M. Wolfire (University of Maryland)
S. Bracker (University of Wisconsin)
J. Mathis (University of Wisconsin)
J. Rho (Spitzer Science Center)
S. Stolovy (Spitzer Science Center)
M. Wolff (Space Science Center)

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