Target:
Mission: Herschel Space Observatory
Spacecraft:
Instrument: Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer, Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver
Size: 5897 x 2151
ID#: PIA15626
Added: 2012-05-11

Cygnus-X: The Cool Swan Glowing in Flight

This new view of the Cygnus-X star-formation region by ESA's Herschel Space Observatory highlights chaotic networks of dust and gas that point to sites of massive star formation.

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