spitzer_sig06-013 May 19th, 2006
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Rebull (SSC/Caltech)
Eight hundred light-years away in the Orion constellation, a gigantic murky cloud called the "Witch Head Nebula" is teeming with dust-obscured newborn stars waiting to be uncovered. In this image, the super sensitive infrared eyes of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope reveals 12 new baby stars in a small portion of the cloud commonly referred to as the Witch Head's "pointy chin."
The image is a four-color composite where blue represents 3.6 microns, green depicts 4.5 microns, yellow is 5.8 microns, and red is 8.0 microns.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2288-sig06-013-Baby-Stars-Brewing-in-the-Witch-Head-Nebula
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: Public Domain
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