Image #: SCI2012_0005
Date: 3/29/12
Title: Planetary Nebula M2-9
Caption: SOFIA images of planetary nebula M2-9 in six different bands (wavelengths indicated on the figures) made using the FORCAST mid-infrared camera (Principal Investigator Terry Herter, Cornell University). The images have been smoothed to emphasize diffuse emission.
Instrument: FORCAST
Credit: NASA / DLR / USRA / DSI / FORCAST team / M. Werner