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The iconic Whirlpool Galaxy M51a (NGC 5194) and its companion M51b (NGC 5195) in infrared. I used the same bands as the Cygnus mosaic.
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English: The iconic Whirlpool Galaxy M51a (NGC 5194) and its companion M51b (NGC 5195) in infrared. I used the same bands as the Cygnus mosaic. The result interests me because it looks similar in coloration to a visible light image, which is not something I expected. Though the colors are similar, the structure is of course very different looking since we are seeing dust. To me it is kind of like looking at the skeleton of a galaxy.
Some green halos are apparent due to the WISE data being quite a bit lower in resolution than the Spitzer IRAC4 data. Red: Spitzer/MIPS24 (24μm) Green: WISE/W3 (12μm) Blue: Spitzer/IRAC4 (8μm) North is up. |
| Date | Taken on 17 August 2016, 05:27:47 |
| Source | Dusty Whirlpool |
| Author | geckzilla |
| Flickr sets | WISE Processing; all astronomy; Spitzer; Spirals in Galaxies |
| Flickr tags | wise; whirlpoolgalaxy; interacting; spitzer; spiral; m51a; infrared; m51b; ngc5194; dust; ngc5195 |
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