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Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula

Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula
 
 

This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye.


This image is made up of data from Spitzer's infrared array camera and multiband imaging photometer. Blue shows infrared light of 3.6 to 4.5 microns; green shows infrared light of 5.8 to 8 microns; and red shows infrared light of 24 microns.


Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz.
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 Tue Feb 13, 2007 at 18:45 UTC
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