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Description: Ionized gas in the Milky Way Galaxy, observed by the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper (WHAM) Northern Sky Survey (Haffner, L. M. et al, 2003, Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 149, 405). The Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper is funded by the (US) National Science Foundation. (Department of astronomy University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Title: WHAM survey
Credit: http://www.astro.wisc.edu/wham-site/wham-sky-survey/wham-nss / http://www.astro.wisc.edu/wham/survey/whamnss_-80_80_120.png
Author: Haffner, L. M.; Reynolds, R. J.; Tufte, S. L.; Madsen, G. J.; Jaehnig, K. P.; Percival, J. W. (December 2003). "The Wisconsin Hα Mapper Northern Sky Survey". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 149 (2): 405-422. DOI:10.1086/378850.
Permission: Permission is granted to use the WHAM survey data and images provided WHAM is attributed and the NSF funding acknowledged.
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