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Collection:
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NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
Collection
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Double Helix Nebula
Title
Double Helix Nebula
Title
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Description:
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The double helix nebula. The spots are infrared-luminous stars, mostly red giants and red supergiants. Many other stars are present in this region, but are too dim to appear even in this sensitive infrared image.
The double helix nebula is approximately 300 light-years from the enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way. (The Earth is more than 25,000 light-years from the black hole at the galactic center.)
This false-color image was taken by the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS).
Description
The double helix nebula. The spots are infrared-luminous stars, mostly red giants and red supergiants. Many other stars are present in this region, but are too dim to appear even in this sensitive infrared image.
The double helix nebula is approximately 300 light-years from the enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way. (The Earth is more than 25,000 light-years from the black hole at the galactic center.)
This false-color image was taken by the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS).
Description
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Release Date:
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2006/03/15
Release_Date
2006/03/15
Release Date
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Release Credit:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Morris (UCLA)
Release_Credit
NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Morris (UCLA)
Release Credit
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Object name:
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Double Helix Nebula
Object_name
Double Helix Nebula
Object name
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Object type:
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Nebula
Object_type
Nebula
Object type
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Instrument:
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MIPS
Instrument
MIPS
Instrument
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Related links:
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UCLA Press Release: Astronomers Report Unprecedented Double Helix Nebula near Center of the Milky Way [ http://www.newsroom…]
Related_links
UCLA Press Release: Astronomers Report Unprecedented Double Helix Nebula near Center of the Milky Way [ http://www.newsroom…] Related links
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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MIPS
facet_what
MIPS
facet_what
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facet_what:
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nebula
facet_what
nebula
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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Image #:
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sig06-004
Image_#
sig06-004
Image #
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original url:
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original_url
original url
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UID:
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SPD-SPITZ-sig06-004
UID
SPD-SPITZ-sig06-004
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