Universe ID: 30142

W3 Star-Forming Complex in Perseus by Spitzer and SOFIA

Released on October 17, 2013

This mid-infrared image of the W3A star cluster in the inset was captured by the FORCAST camera on the SOFIA flying observatory in 2011. It is overlaid on a near-infrared image of the W3 star-forming region from the Spitzer space telescope. The SOFIA image scale is 150 x 100 arcseconds, and the red, green and blue colors represent 37, 20 and 7 μm. The red, green and blue colors in the background image from Spitzer represent 7.9, 4.5, 3.6 μm.

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Credits

Marit Jentoft-Nilsen: Technical Support

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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.

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Mission:
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

Keywords:
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Spectral/Engineering >> Infrared Wavelengths >> Infrared Radiance
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Star Formation

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0