Spitzer image showing Rho Oph dark cloud and HAWC+ image showing polarization systematic variations
HAWC+/SOFIA Observations of Rho Oph A: Far-Infrared Polarization Spectrum
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Left: NASA Spitzer image showing the portion of the Rho Oph dark cloud observed with HAWC+ instrument. Right: HAWC+ image showing systematic variations of the far-infrared polarization spectrum in the interstellar cloud Rho Ophiuchi.

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Left: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA; Right: SOFIA/HAWC+/Northwestern University/F. Pereira Santos
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SCI2018_0001