Counting the Youth in a Middle Aged Galaxy

spitzer_sig10-002b March 10th, 2010

Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / T. Robitaille (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), GLIMPSE Team

This image is roughly 1/34 of the entire GLIMPSE Survey. This small section is riddled with young stellar objects, counted by Robitaille and his team.

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2998-sig10-002b-Counting-the-Youth-in-a-Middle-Aged-Galaxy

Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: Public Domain

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Milky Way • Galactic Plane • Galactic Center
Subject - Milky Way: Galaxy > Component > Disk; Galaxy > Component > Center/Core; Nebula > Type > Interstellar Medium; Nebula > Type > Star Formation

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared (Near-IR)	3.6 µm
Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared (Near-IR)	4.5 µm
Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared (Mid-IR)	5.8 µm
Spitzer (IRAC)	Infrared (Mid-IR)	8.0 µm

ID: sig10-002b
Subject Category: B.5.4.3 B.5.4.9 B.4.1.1 B.4.1.2
Subject Name: Milky Way, Galactic Plane, Galactic Center
Credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / T. Robitaille (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), GLIMPSE Team

Release Date: 2010-03-10
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Reference Url: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2998-sig10-002b-Counting-the-Youth-in-a-Middle-Aged-Galaxy

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
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Facility: Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
Instrument: IRAC, IRAC, IRAC, IRAC
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Orange, Red

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: Near-IR, Near-IR, Mid-IR, Mid-IR
Central Wavelength: 3600, 4500, 5800, 8000

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Creator (Curator): Spitzer Space Telescope
URL: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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Address: 1200 E. California Blvd.
City: Pasadena
State/Province: CA

Postal Code: 91125
Country: USA
Rights: Public Domain

Publisher: Spitzer Science Center
Publisher ID: spitzer
Resource ID: sig10-002b.tif

Resource URL: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0005/4056/sig10-002b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-09-02
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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