Infrared cirrus

Infrared cirrus

Infrared cirrus are filamentary structures seen in infrared light. The name is given because the structure looks cloud-like in appearance. First detected by the Infrared Astronomy Satellite at wavelengths of 60 and 100 micrometres.

ee also

* Cosmic infrared background radiation

External links

* [http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0507587 Molecular Hydrogen in Infrared Cirrus] , Kristen Gillmon, J. Michael Shull, 2006 Abstract
** [http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0507587 PDF Paper]
* [http://www.sofia.usra.edu/Science/science_cases/dowell_v2.pdf The Physics of Infrared Cirrus] , C. Darren Dowell, Roger H. Hildebrand, Alex Lazarian, Michael W. Werner, Ellen Zweibel


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