Map showing movement of stars in the Milky Way

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Gaia map showing radial velocity, the speed at which stars are moving away or toward us together their proper motion (movement across the sky, lines). Red regions of the sky show areas where the average motion of stars is moving away from us. Blue regions of the sky show areas where the average motion of star is moving towards us.

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Size: 6611px × 3689px
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Photo credit: © EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY/Gaia/DPAC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 3, astronomical, astronomy, astrophysical, astrophysics, background, black, data, dr3, gaia, galactic, galaxy, map, milky, motion, proper, radial, release, solar, stars, stellar, survey, system, universe, velocity