Temperature and Density Layers in the Ghost Nebula

Three-color image of the Ghost Nebula with C ⁺ emission from SOFIA/upGREAT (red), molecular hydrogen fluorescence from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (green), and HCO ⁺ gas emission from CARMA (blue). The ridge described in the text is the green-white vertical structure in the lower right corner.

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