# @optica.worldwide on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJjktKttb9a
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30472788-opticaworldwide-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5e93a817e3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-12T13:51:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Optica (@optica.worldwide) — https://gondola.cc/optica.worldwide

## Caption

Image of the Week: Milky Way Spiral 

Milky Way dust emission as measured from the Planck satellite and converted into a polarization pattern of B-modes, a spiral type of polarization imprinted in the microwave sky. 

—Uroš Seljak, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Winner Wiki Science Competition 2019; CC-BY-4.0

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#Milkyway  #emission #satellite #polarization #microwave #sky

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## Tags

sky, satellite, polarization, microwave, milkyway, emission

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