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 |