Infrared View of Spitzer
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)
Artwork • • SIRTF_ir_3b
SIRTF_ir_3b
The Spitzer Space Telescope 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).Spitzer looks towards the Rho Ophiuchi star-formation region looming just above the disk of the Milky Way.
About the Object
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope • Milky Way • Rho Ophiuchi
- Type
- Technology > Observatory > Facility
- Technology > Observatory > Telescope
- Technology > Spacecraft > Orbiter
- Galaxy > Component > Dust Lane
- Galaxy > Component > Disk
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
