DescriptionNGC 7552 taken by T-ReCS - Geminiann11015b.jpg
English: The contest image, with an inset of a mid-infrared image of the center of NGC 7552 taken by T-ReCS with the Qa filter at 18.3 microns. The mid-infrared image shows a ring of dust clouds, heated by the stars that formed within the clouds some 50 million years ago.
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The contest image, with an inset of a mid-infrared image of the center of NGC 7552 taken by T-ReCS with the Qa filter at 18.3 microns. The mid-infrared image shows a ring of dust clouds, heated by the stars that formed within the clouds some 50 million years ago.
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Short title
NGC 7552 taken by T-ReCS
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