W3 Star-Forming Complex in Perseus
Date
Mid-infrared image of the W3 star forming region from SOFIA/FORCAST, inset on a near-infrared image from Spitzer. The SOFIA image dimensions are 150 x 100 arcseconds, corresponding to 5 x 3 light years at a distance of 6400 light years. Arrow indicates a bubble cleared in the nebula by wind and radiation from the most massive newborn star in the cluster.
Credit
SOFIA image, inset: Red, Green, Blue = 37, 20, 7.7 μm; NASA/DLR/USRA/DSI/FORCAST team/F. Salgado, A. Tielens, J. De Buizer. Spitzer image, background: Red, Green, Blue = 7.9, 4.5, 3.6 μm; NASA/Caltech - JPL.
Image Number
SCI2012_0001
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W3 Star-Forming Complex in Perseus
Instrument
FORCAST
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