Infrared cirrus

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Infrared cirrus or galactic cirrus are galactic filamentary structures seen in space over most of the sky that emit far-infrared light. The name is given because the structures are cloud-like in appearance.^[1] These structures were first detected by the Infrared Astronomy Satellite at wavelengths of 60 and 100 micrometres.

See also

• Galaxy filament
• Cosmic infrared background

References

External links

• Molecular Hydrogen in Infrared Cirrus, Kristen Gillmon, J. Michael Shull, 2006 Abstract
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• The Physics of Infrared Cirrus, C. Darren Dowell, Roger H. Hildebrand, Alexandre Lazarian, Michael W. Werner, Ellen Zweibel

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