Combined images of NGC 7023 from SOFIA and Spitzer show different populations of PAH molecules
“Kitchen Smoke” Molecules in Nebula Offer Clues to the Building Blocks of Life
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Combination of three color images of NGC 7023 from SOFIA (red & green) and Spitzer (blue) show different populations of PAH molecules.

Credit
NASA/DLR/SOFIA/B. Croiset, Leiden Observatory, and O. Berné, CNRS; NASA/JPL-Caltech/Spitzer
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SCI2016_0005