Visible Light View of Core L1014

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spitzer_ssc2004-20a1 November 9, 2004

Creator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1330-ssc2004-20a1-Visible-Light-View-of-Core-L1014

This visible light image shows a dense region of an interstellar molecular cloud known as a "core". The core is known as L1014, the 1,014th object in a list of dark, dusty "clouds" compiled by astronomer Beverly Lynds over 40 years ago. These have proved to be homes to a rich variety of molecules and are the birthplaces of stars and planets.

The image is from the Digital Sky Survey and is a B-, R-, and I-band composite image (wavelengths ranging from 0.4 to 0.7 microns). The dark cloud in the center of the image is the core, completely opaque in the visible due to obscuration by dust.

The L1014 core lies in the direction of Cygnus. It is thought to be about 600 light years away, but the distance is somewhat uncertain.

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
L1014
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula » Appearance » Dark » Molecular Cloud

Distance

Universescale1
650 light years

Position Details

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Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 24m 6.7s
DEC = 49° 58’ 11.5”
Orientation
North is 65.4° CW
Field of View
4.9 x 4.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Cygnus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Arrow_left_blue DSS Optical (B-band) 440.0 nm
Arrow_left_green DSS Optical (R-band) 700.0 nm
Arrow_left_red DSS Infrared (I-band) 900.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Arrow_top_blue
Arrow_top_green
Arrow_top_red