Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

GLAST Gamma-Ray Sky Simulation

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 12, 1998 is “GLAST Gamma-Ray Sky Simulation,” an image. It is credited to Credit: S. Digel (Raytheon/ LHEA/ GSFC), NASA. The original explanation runs about 224 words.

GLAST Gamma-Ray Sky Simulation
Credit: S. Digel (Raytheon/ LHEA/ GSFC), NASA Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“This simulated image models the intensities of gamma rays with over 40 million times the energy of visible light, and represents how the sky might appear to the proposed Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) after its first year in orbit.”

— APOD editors, November 12, 1998

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
November 12, 1998
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: S. Digel (Raytheon/ LHEA/ GSFC), NASA
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 224 words

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