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File:Outflow from M82 galaxy.jpg

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Shown in red is the outflow from the galaxy M82 of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)s embedded in a gaseous wind propelled out of the galaxy by hot stars in the stellar disk (blue).

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Shown in red is the outflow of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)s embedded in a gaseous wind propelled out of the galaxy by hot stars in the stellar disk (blue).

Source

The image from the Spitzer infrared telescope appears in a web white paper at url=http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/cosmology/spirit/FIR-SIM_Crosscutting_White_Paper.pdf.

Date

May 28-30, 2008

Author

Martin Harwit, George Helou, Lee Armus, C. Matt Bradford, Paul F. Goldsmith, Michael Hauser, David Leisawitz, Daniel F. Lester, George Rieke, and Stephen A. Rinehart

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Fair Use, as the image is in a White Paper published by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center it is most likely Public Domain.


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