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Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere! (Annotated)

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spitzer_ssc2019-16a September 30th, 2019

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Milky Way Project

This cloud of gas and dust is full of bubbles, which are inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars. Yellow circles and ovals show the locations of more than 30 bubbles. Squares indicate bow shocks, red arcs of warm dust formed as winds from fast-moving stars push aside dust grains.

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6685-ssc2019-16a-Bubbles-Bubbles-Everywhere-Annotated-

Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 36m 4.9s; DEC = -7° 24’ 36.3”
Orientation: North is 62.6° CCW
Field of View: 1.1 x 1.1 degrees
Constellation: Scutum

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared	3.6 µm
	Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared	8.0 µm
	Spitzer (MIPS)	Infrared	24.0 µm

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ID: ssc2019-16a
Subject Category: B.4.1.2
Subject Name
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Milky Way Project

Release Date: 2019-09-30
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6685-ssc2019-16a-Bubbles-Bubbles-Everywhere-Annotated-

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
Instrument: IRAC, IRAC, MIPS
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength: 3600, 8000, 24000

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 279.0206099, -7.4100765
Reference Dimension: 3250.0, 3250.0

Reference Pixel: 1626.0, 1626.0
Scale: -0.000333204, 0.00033320406
Rotation: 62.64
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS

Creator (Curator): Spitzer Space Telescope
URL: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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Email

Telephone
Address: 1200 E. California Blvd.
City: Pasadena
State/Province: CA

Postal Code: 91125
Country: USA
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Publisher: Spitzer Science Center
Publisher ID: spitzer
Resource ID: ssc2019-16a.tif

Resource URL: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0011/7442/ssc2019-16a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-12-12
Metadata Version: 1.1

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