SOFIA Helps Complete Picture on Molecular Cloud Formation
Date

Composite image of Cygnus X obtained by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, with SOFIA’s upGREAT ionized carbon data overlaid in blue, green, and red. The three colors represent material moving at different velocities: -10 to 4 km/s for blue, 4-12 km/s for green, and 12-20 km/s for red.

Credit
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SOFIA
Image Number
SCI2023_0008