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current	15:47, 30 December 2011		7,600 × 5,500 (26.37 MB)	commons>Prof. Professorson	Higher resolution, from http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/4838-sig11-018-Dragonfish-Coming-At-You-in-Infrared (http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0008/4180/sig11-018.jpg).

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Image title	This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the nebula nicknamed "the Dragonfish." This turbulent region, jam-packed with stars, is home to some of the most luminous massive stars in our Milky Way galaxy. It is located approximately 30,000 light-years away in the Crux constellation. The massive stars have blown a bubble in the gas and dust, carving out a shell of more than 100 light-years across (seen in lower, central part of image). This shell forms the "toothy mouth" of the Dragonfish, and the two bright spots make it up its beady eyes. The infrared light in this region is coming from the gas and dust that are being heated up by the unseen central cluster of massive stars. The bright spots along the shell, including the "eyes," are possible smaller regions of newly formed stars, triggered by the compression of the gas and dust by winds from the central, massive stars. Infrared light in this image was captured by the infrared array camera on Spitzer, at wavelengths of 3.6 microns (blue); 4.5 microns (green); and 8.0 microns (red). The data were captured before Spitzer ran out of its liquid coolant in 2009, and began its "warm" mission.
Short title	Dragonfish Coming At You in Infrared
Credit/Provider	NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Toronto
Headline	This turbulent region, jam-packed with stars, is home to some of the most luminous massive stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
Source	Spitzer Space Telescope
Usage terms	Public Domain
Date and time of data generation	12 December 2011
Width	7,600 px
Height	5,500 px
Bits per component	8 8 8
Compression scheme	LZW
Pixel composition	RGB
Orientation	Normal
Number of components	3
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Data arrangement	chunky format
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
File change date and time	11:19, 12 December 2011
Color space	sRGB
Contact information	http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA, 91125 USA

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