Spitzer Space Telescope, Night Vision, photo gallery

Spitzer Space Telescope

DECEMBER 2005

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Watch subtle changes in these morphing images of the universe.

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Photo captions by Tim Appenzeller

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Star Incubator
Images by NASA/JPL/Caltech/Jeonghee Rho, Sirtif Science Center

Dark veins of dust crisscross the Trifid Nebula, a gas cloud 5,500 light-years from Earth, in a visible-light image (blue and pink). A composite infrared image from Spitzer penetrated the dust to reveal embryonic stars (red and yellow spots).

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