Infrared View of Spitzer
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Artwork • August 23rd, 2003 • SIRTF_ir_2
SIRTF_ir_2
The Spitzer Space Telescope 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).The disk of the Milky Way near the Rho Ophiuchi star formation region extends behind Spitzer.
About the Object
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope • Milky Way • Rho Ophiuchi
- Type
- Technology > Observatory > Facility
- Technology > Observatory > Telescope
- Technology > Spacecraft > Orbiter
- Galaxy > Component > Dust Lane
- Galaxy > Component > Disk
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
