File:Sig13-005.tif
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English: Infrared Iris
This cloud of glowing gas is the Iris nebula, as seen in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The main cluster of stars within the nebula is called NGC 7023. It lies 1,300 light-years away in the Cepheus constellation. Between 2003 and 2005, thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity, NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope created maps of regions like this, showing the location of complex organic molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs may be precursors to the organic ingredients that kick started life on Earth. Lower resolution data from NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) were used to fill out the outer areas of this image, which Spitzer did not cover. Name Iris Nebula • NGC 7023 Type Nebula > Type > Star Formation Star > Grouping > Cluster Distance 1,300 Light Years Color Mapping Band Wavelength Telescope Infrared 3.6 µm Spitzer IRAC Infrared 4.5 µm Spitzer IRAC Infrared 8.0 µm Spitzer IRAC Infrared 24.0 µm Spitzer MIPS Notes Note that data from WISE was used to fill in the outer regions of the image |
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| Source | http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/5584-sig13-005-Infrared-Iris http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0009/5424/sig13-005.tif |
| Author | Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech |
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| current | 19:49, 8 June 2013 |  | 3,437 × 1,933 (6.07 MB) | Fabian RRRR (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description ={{en|1='''Infrared Iris''' This cloud of glowing gas is the Iris nebula, as seen in infrared light by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The main cluster of stars within the nebula is called NGC 7023. It lies 1,300 light-ye... |
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