Bow Shocks Between the Bubbles
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Milky Way Project
Observation • September 30th, 2019 • ssc2019-16b
ssc2019-16b
These four images show bow shocks, or arcs of warm dust formed as winds from fast-moving stars push aside dust grains scattered sparsely through most of the nebula.
About the Object
- Name
- Type
- Nebula > Type > Interstellar Medium
Color Mapping
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared | 3.6 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 8.0 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 8.0 µm | Spitzer MIPS |
