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Čeština: Infračervená fotografie Velkého Magellanova oblaku pořízená Herschelovou vesmírnou observatoří, misí Evropské vesmírné agentury s podporou amerického Národního úřadu pro letectví a kosmonautiku (NASA), a Spitzerovým vesmírným dalekohledem provozovaným NASA. Složením dat z obou zařízení je obraz této blízké trpasličí galaxaie, kde vypadá jako planoucí zakroucený výbuch. Ve skutečnosti se nejedná o oheň, ale o vlny prachu s rozpětím desítek či stovek světelných let. Výrazných polí hvězdných formací si lze povšimnout ve středu, těsně vlevo od středu a napravo. Nejjasnější oblast v levém středu je mlhovina Tarantule. Barvy na obrázku odpovídají teplotám prachu. Nejchladnější oblasti jsou zobrazeny červeně a odpovídají světlu s vlnovou délkou 250 mikrometrů (zaznamenáno Herschelovou observatoří), středně teplá místa v s vlnovou délku 100 a 160 mikrometrů, zaznamenaná také Herschelovou stanicí, jsou zelená, a nejteplejší místa, zaznamenaná s délkou 24 a 70 mikrometrů Spitzerovým dalekohledem, jsou modrá.
English: This image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light as seen by the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission with important NASA contributions, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. In the instruments' combined data, this nearby dwarf galaxy looks like a fiery, circular explosion. Rather than fire, however, those ribbons are actually giant ripples of dust spanning tens or hundreds of light-years. Significant fields of star formation are noticeable in the center, just left of center and at right. The brightest center-left region is called 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, for its appearance in visible light. The colors in this image indicate temperatures in the dust that permeates the Cloud. Colder regions show where star formation is at its earliest stages or is shut off, while warm expanses point to new stars heating surrounding dust. The coolest areas and objects appear in red, corresponding to infrared light taken up by Herschel's Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver at 250 microns, or millionths of a meter. Herschel's Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer fills out the mid-temperature bands, shown here in green, at 100 and 160 microns. The warmest spots appear in blue, courtesy of 24- and 70-micron data from Spitzer.
Français : (Traduction partielle de la légende donnée par la NASA) Vue infrarouge de la galaxie du grand nuage de Magellan, prise par le télescope spatial infrarouge Herschel, de l'ESA, et le télescope spatial infrarouge Spitzer, de la NASA. Les zones les plus froides de cette galaxie sont représentés en rouge, correspondant à des données acquises par Herschel à 250 microns. Les températures intermédiaires, correspondant aux longueurs d'onde de 100 et 160 microns, sont représentées en vert, elle aussi sur la base de données acquises par Herschel. Les données collectées par Spitzer à 24 et 70 micron permettent d'indiquer en bleu les zones les plus chaudes.
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