NGC 7552 taken by T-ReCS

The contest image, with an inset of a mid-infrared image of the center of NGC 7552 taken by T-ReCS with the Qa filter at 18.3 microns. The mid-infrared image shows a ring of dust clouds, heated by the stars that formed within the clouds some 50 million years ago.

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

About the Image

Id:geminiann11015b
Type:Collage
Release date:Nov. 15, 2011, 2:27 p.m.
Related announcements:geminiann11015
Size:500 x 375 px

About the Object

Name:NGC 7552
Category:Galaxies

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