NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with a National Unveiling of Spectacular Images

ABOUT THIS IMAGE:

The red color shows Spitzer's view in infrared light. It highlights the heat emitted by dust lanes in the galaxy where stars can form.

Object Names: M101, NGC 4547, The Pinwheel Galaxy

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech, and K. Gordon (STScI)

NEWS RELEASE IMAGES

The above image is part of a montage:

Montage Image: NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy Image Type: Astronomical PRC2009-07a

Spitzer-Hubble-Chandra Composite of M101 Image Type: Astronomical

M101 Composite Image: Hubble Data (Green Component) Image Type: Astronomical

M101 Composite Image: Chandra Data (Blue Component) Image Type: Astronomical

All images from this news release:

To access available information and downloadable versions of images in this news release, click on any of the images below:

---