File:RCW 79 (Emission nebula).jpg

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DescriptionRCW 79 (Emission nebula).jpg	English: RCW 79 as taken by Spitzer Space Telescope.
Date	10 March 2004
Source	http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/2326-sig05-001a-The-Infrared-View-of-RCW-79-
Author	NASA/JPL-Caltech/E. Churchwell (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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English: RCW 79 is seen in the southern Milky Way, 17,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. The bubble is 70-light years in diameter, and probably took about one million years to form from the radiation and winds of hot young stars.

The balloon of gas and dust is an example of stimulated star formation. Such stars are born when the hot bubble expands into the interstellar gas and dust around it. RCW 79 has spawned at least two groups of new stars along the edge of the large bubble. Some are visible inside the small bubble in the lower left corner. Another group of baby stars appears near the opening at the top.

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope easily detects infrared light from the dust particles in RCW 79. The young stars within RCW79 radiate ultraviolet light that excites molecules of dust within the bubble. This causes the dust grains to emit infrared light that is detected by Spitzer and seen here as the extended red features.

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Author	Spitzer Space Telescope
Copyright holder	http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/mediaimages/copyright.shtml
Image title	RCW 79 is seen in the southern Milky Way, 17,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. The bubble is 70-light years in diameter, and probably took about one million years to form from the radiation and winds of hot young stars.The balloon of gas and dust is an example of stimulated star formation. Such stars are born when the hot bubble expands into the interstellar gas and dust around it. RCW 79 has spawned at least two groups of new stars along the edge of the large bubble. Some are visible inside the small bubble inthe lower left corner. Another group of baby stars appears near the opening at the top. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope easily detects infrared light from the dust particles in RCW 79. The young stars within RCW79 radiate ultraviolet light that excites molecules of dust within the bubble. This causes the dust grains to emit infrared light that is detected by Spitzer and seen here as the extended red features.
Short title	The Infrared View of RCW 79
Credit/Provider	NASA/JPL-Caltech/E. Churchwell (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Headline	Revealed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, RCW 79 is seen in the southern Milky Way, 17,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. The bubble is 70-light years in diameter, and probably took about one million years to form from the radiation and winds of hot young stars.
Source	Spitzer Space Telescope
Usage terms	Public Domain
Date and time of data generation	10 March 2004
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Data arrangement	chunky format
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
File change date and time	14:30, 5 June 2009
Color space	Uncalibrated
Contact information	http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA, 91125 USA
Keywords	RCW 79
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