Infrared View of Spitzer
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Artwork • • SIRTF_ir_1
SIRTF_ir_1
Spitzer seen against the infrared sky. The band of light is the glowing dust emission from the Milky Way galaxy seen at 100 microns (as seen by the IRAS/COBE missions).The cloud complexes around Orion and the disk of the Milky Way are seen behind the observatory.
About the Object
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope • Milky Way • Orion
- Type
- Technology > Observatory > Facility
- Technology > Observatory > Telescope
- Technology > Spacecraft > Orbiter
- Galaxy > Component > Dust Lane
- Galaxy > Component > Disk
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
