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About the Image
- Date
- 2019-12-19
- ID
- ssc2019-18a
- Type
- Observation
- Credit
- NASA/JPL-Caltech
About the Object
- Name
- Perseus Cloud
- Type
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
- Nebula > Type > Interstellar Medium
Color Mapping
Astrometrics
- Position (J2000)
- RA = 3h 36m 44.3s
- Dec = 31° 37' 45.7"
- Field of View
- 5.6 x 2.3 degrees
- Orientation
- North is 21.7° left of vertical
- Constellation
- Perseus
Perseus Molecular Cloud
A collection of gas and dust over 500 light-years across, the Perseus Molecular Cloud hosts an abundance of young stars. Located on the edge of the Perseus Constellation, it was imaged by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology, also in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
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