us star-forming region viewed by the AKARI infrared astronomy satellite
赤外線天文衛星「あかり」による白鳥座の大質量星形成領域の赤外線画像。赤色が加熱された暖かい固体微粒子からの熱放射を、青色が宇宙空間に漂う有機物The infrared image of the Cygnus star-forming region viewed by the AKARI infrared astronomy satellite. Red indicates the thermal emission from hot dust, while blue indicates the emission from organic matters in the interstellar space. Interstellar solid particles absorb radiation energy from newly-born young stars and re-radiate it in the infrared. AKARI was launched in 2006 and observed all the sky in the infrared wavelengths. Nagoya University contributed to the development of the far-infrared instrument aboard the satellite and now leads the analysis of the mid-infrared all-sky data.
KEYWORD : Infrared astronomy / AKARI satellite / Interstellar medium / Organic matter in space
Reference
https://www.sci.nagoya-u.ac.jp/images/kouhou/18.pdf
http://www-ir.u.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/
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