Detail View: NASA Spitzer Space Telescope Collection:

Title: 
Infrared View of Spitzer
Description: 
Spitzer seen against the infrared sky. The band of light is the glowing dust emission from the Milky Way galaxy seen at 100 microns (as seen by the IRAS/COBE missions). The disk of the Milky Way near the Rho Ophiuchi star formation region extends behind Spitzer.
Release Credit: 
NASA/JPL-Caltech
facet_what: 
COBE
facet_where: 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Image #: 
SIRTF_ir_2
original url: 
http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=SIRTF_ir_2
UID: 
SPD-SPITZ-SIRTF_ir_2