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• Podcast interview with Dr. Henrik Spoon
• Distant Inferno: Cornell Astronomer Finds Galaxies that Contain Massive Young Stars in Compact, Cosmic Globs (Cornell University Chronicle Online article)

About the Object	Object Name: IRAS 08572+3915 Object Type: Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy Position (J2000): RA: 09h00m25.4s Dec: +39d03m54s Distance: z=0.05835 / 750 million light-years
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/H. W. W. Spoon (Cornell University) Instrument: IRS Wavelength: 5-35 microns Exposure Date: April 15, 2004 Exposure Time: 6 min. Release Date: Feb. 15, 2006
Observers	Henrik Spoon (Cornell University) Alexander Tielens (NASA-Ames) Lee Armus (Spitzer Science Center) Greg Sloan (Cornell University) Ben Sargent (University of Rochester) Jan Cami (NASA-Ames) Vassilis Charmandaris (University of Crete, Greece) James Houck (Cornell University) Tom Soifer (Spitzer Science Center)

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