Space / 2011-07-20
A Twisted Star-Forming Web in the Galaxy IC 342
A Twisted Star-Forming Web in the Galaxy IC 342
NASA's image library records A Twisted Star-Forming Web in the Galaxy IC 342.
WHY IT’S INTERESTING
Looking like a spider web swirled into a spiral, galaxy IC 342 presents its delicate pattern of dust in this infrared light image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. The very center glows especially brightly in the infrared.