Infrared image of the Large Magellanic Cloud (IMAGE)

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

Infrared image of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Caption

Infrared image of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) as obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope. Upper inset: the comparison between the Spitzer/IRS spectrum (black solid line) of the star SSID 4486 and the best fit theoretical spectrum of a 5 solar mass AGB star (red solid line) surrounded by ~70 percent of iron dust; the green dashed line refers to the corresponding theoretical spectrum of the same model without iron dust. Lower inset: artist's impression of a giant AGB star ejecting matter to the interstellar medium.

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LMC image: Aladin-software in Spitzer colors; Artistic image: Jaxa.

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