ALMA data of mysterious icy objects. (IMAGE)

Niigata University

ALMA data of mysterious icy objects.

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Molecular emission lines from mysterious icy objects captured by the ALMA telescope. The background image is an infrared composite color map, where 1.2-micron light is shown in cyan and 4.5-micron light is in red, based on infrared data from 2MASS and WISE.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), T. Shimonishi et al. (Niigata Univ.)

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