Infrared View of Spitzer
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Artwork • August 23rd, 2003 • SIRTF_ir_3a
SIRTF_ir_3a
Spitzer seen against the infrared sky. The band of light is the glowing dust emission from the Milky Way galaxy seen at 100 microns (as seen by the IRAS/COBE missions).Spitzer looks towards the Rho Ophiuchi star-formation region looming just above the disk of the Milky Way.
About the Object
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope • Milky Way • Rho Ophiuchi
- Type
- Technology > Observatory > Telescope
- Galaxy > Component > Dust Lane
- Galaxy > Component > Disk
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
