Cosmic microwave background map (Vanyx cosmic shell)

Data: WMAP nine-year ILC map, NASA/WMAP Science Team. Bennett, C. L., et al. 2013, "Nine-year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) Observations: Final Maps and Results", ApJS 208, 20 (doi:10.1088/0067-0049/208/2/20).
Retrieved 2026-10-22T17:42:09Z from https://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/map/dr5/dfp/ilc/wmap_ilc_9yr_v5.fits (SHA-256 4501090f824f9140e916339f9e8e490333f6ffe4257a6ee6a02526c8640099a9).

We acknowledge the use of the Legacy Archive for Microwave Background Data Analysis (LAMBDA), part of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center (HEASARC). HEASARC/LAMBDA is a service of the Astrophysics Science Division at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Licence: NASA data (WMAP Science Team): a work of the United States Government, not subject to copyright in the United States; LAMBDA requests the acknowledgement above.

Processing by Vanyx: reprojected to a 1024 x 512 Galactic plate carree and quantised to 8 bits (3.922 microK per step). Display colours are exaggerated.