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Infrared View of the Eagle Nebula
This infrared picture highlights the contrast between the hot, supernova-heated dust (green) and the cooler dust making up the Eagle Nebula's dusty star-forming clouds and towers (red, blue and purple).The image includes longer infrared wavelengths, and is a composite of light of 4.5 to 8.0 microns (blue); 24 microns (green); and 70 microns (red).
Related Media
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News Release Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's Explosion ssc2007-01 |
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Image Cosmic Epic Unfolds in Infrared: The Eagle Nebula ssc2007-01a |
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Image Cosmic Epic Unfolds in Infrared: The Eagle Nebula (Call-Out) ssc2007-01b |
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Image Eagle Nebula Flaunts Its Infrared Feathers ssc2007-01c |
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Image Unwrapping the Pillars ssc2007-01d |
Image Components
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Image Infrared IRAC View of the Eagle Nebula ssc2007-01c1 |
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Image 24 Micron View of the Eagle Nebula ssc2007-01c2 |
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Image Infrared View of the Eagle Nebula ssc2007-01c3 |
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