Spitzer Telescope Sends Rose for Valentine's Day

Posted by gifts on Mar 01, 2004 at 22:28
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Spitzer Telescope Sends Rose for Valentine's Day
Out of the dark and dusty cosmos comes an unusual valentine -- a stellar nursery resembling a shimmering pink rosebud. This cluster of newborn stars, called a reflection nebula, was captured by state-of-the-art infrared detectors onboard NASA's new Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as the Space Infrared Telescope Facility.

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2004-02/release.shtml

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