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Dark Reflections in the Southern Cross
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Dark Reflections in the Southern Cross

NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer captured this colorful image of the reflection nebula IRAS 12116-6001. This cloud of interstellar dust cannot be seen directly in visible light, but WISE detectors observed the nebula at infrared wavelengths.

Date
2010-10-27
Photographer / author
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
Collection
JPL
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Dark Reflections in the Southern Cross" (2010-10-27). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA13442

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