... The COMPTEL Gamma-Ray Sky . ... Credit: The COMPTEL Collaboration , Compton Gamma Ray Observatory , NASA Explanation: This premier gamma-ray view of the sky was produced by the COMPTEL instrument onboard NASA's orbiting Compton Gamma Ray Observatory . The entire sky is seen projected on a coordinate system centered on our Milky Way Galaxy with the plane of the Galaxy running across the middle of the picture. Gamma-ray intensity is represented by a false color map - low (blue) to high (white). ...