File:False-Color Image of Double Helix Nebula.jpg
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DescriptionFalse-Color Image of Double Helix Nebula.jpg |
English: The double helix nebula. The spots are infrared-luminous stars, mostly red giants and red supergiants. Many other stars are present in this region, but are too dim to appear even in this sensitive infrared image.
The double helix nebula is approximately 300 light-years from the enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way. (The Earth is more than 25,000 light-years from the black hole at the galactic center.) This false-color image was taken by the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS). |
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Source | http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2305-sig06-004-Double-Helix-Nebula |
Author | NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Morris (UCLA) |
Image use policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
- Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
- Image produced by: M. Morris (UCLA)
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Author | Spitzer Space Telescope |
Copyright holder | http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/mediaimages/copyright.shtml |
Date and time of data generation | 15 March 2005 |
Width | 829 px |
Height | 1,000 px |
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Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 14:33, 5 June 2009 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
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http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA, 91125 USA |
Keywords | Double Helix Nebula |
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Credit/Provider | NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Morris (UCLA) |
Headline | The double helix nebula as revelaed in the infrared by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The spots are infrared-luminous stars, mostly red giants and red supergiants. Many other stars are present in this region, but are too dim to appear even in this sensitive infrared image. |
Source | Spitzer Space Telescope |
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IIM version | 2 |