More Pretty Pictures From Space

August 6th, 2009 |

Author: Jules

Here are some images from Spitzer. These are Spitzer’s first warm images.

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is a space-based infrared observatory which is part of NASA’s Great Observatories program.

The above image is of what is known as DR22, a cloud bursting with new stars in the Cygnus region of the sky.

This above image is of a relatively calm galaxy called NGC 4145.

And this final image is of a dying star called NGC 4361.

To read more about Spitzer visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/main/index.html and read Dr. Phil Plait’s blog on these images.

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