Hubble Space Telescope image of IRC+10216 with spectra overlaid
The SOFIA/EXES Mid-IR High Spectral Resolution Library
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Hubble Space Telescope image of IRC+10216 together with a small portion of the SOFIA/EXES high-resolution spectrum around 13.3 µm. The low-resolution spectrum taken with the Infrared Space Observatory is similar to the results expected from JWST.

Credit
ESA/Hubble, NASA, and Toshiya Ueta (University of Denver), Hyosun Kim (KASI); Cernicharo et al., 1999; Montiel et al. (in prep); Fonfría et al (in prep)
Image Number
SCI2022_0024