Science Source Stock Photo - The Spider Nebula IC 417

The Spider Nebula IC 417

Description: The spider part of 'The Spider and the Fly' nebulae, IC 417 abounds in star formation, as seen in this infrared image. Located in the constellation Auriga, IC 417 lies about 10,000 light-years away. It is in the outer part of the Milky Way, almost exactly in the opposite direction from the galactic center. A cluster of young stars called Stock 8 can be seen at center right. The light from this cluster carves out a bowl in the nearby dust clouds, seen here as green fluff. Along the sinuous tail in the center and to the left, groupings of red point sources are also young stars. In this image, infrared wavelengths, which are invisible to the unaided eye, have been assigned visible colors. Light with a wavelength of 1.2 microns is shown in blue. Wavelengths of 3.6 and 4.5 microns are green and red, respectively.

Credit:

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2752553

Legacy Identifier: JE8759

Type: Image

Size: 4165px × 2343px (~27 MB)

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