Ablaze with Infrared Light, JPL/NASA images
Summary
Is it a bird, or a plane? No, it comet Siding Spring streaking across the sky, as seen by NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. An animation is available at the Photojournal.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA
- Ablaze with Infrared Light - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Images of Asteroid and Comets - NASA Photojournal
- Images taken by the Explorer Mission - NASA Photojournal
- Images of Asteroid and Comets - NASA Photojournal
- Images of Asteroid and Comets - NASA Photojournal
- Images of Asteroid and Comets - NASA Photojournal
- Images of Asteroid and Comets - NASA Photojournal
- Catalog Page for PIA12836 - NASA Photojournal
Tags
c 2007 q 3 siding spring
wide field infrared survey explorer wise
jpl
jet propulsion laboratory
ablaze
infrared
light
comets
astronomy
nasa
Date
17/02/2010
Location
California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
,
34.20139, -118.17341
Source
NASA
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)