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English: The double helix nebula. The spots are infrared-luminous stars, mostly red giants and red supergiants. Many other stars are present in this region, but are too dim to appear even in this sensitive infrared image.

The double helix nebula is approximately 300 light-years from the enormous black hole at the center of the Milky Way. (The Earth is more than 25,000 light-years from the black hole at the galactic center.)

This false-color image was taken by the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS).
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Source http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2305-sig06-004-Double-Helix-Nebula
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech/M. Morris (UCLA)

Image use policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy

  • Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
  • Image produced by: M. Morris (UCLA)

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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