spitzer_ssc2007-01c3 January 9th, 2007
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/N. Flagey (IAS/SSC) & A. Noriega-Crespo (SSC/Caltech)
This infrared picture highlights the contrast between the hot, supernova-heated dust (green) and the cooler dust making up the Eagle Nebula's dusty star-forming clouds and towers (red, blue and purple).The image includes longer infrared wavelengths, and is a composite of light of 4.5 to 8.0 microns (blue); 24 microns (green); and 70 microns (red).
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1738-ssc2007-01c3-Infrared-View-of-the-Eagle-Nebula
Curator: Spitzer Science Center, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: Public Domain
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