Galaxy IC 342 Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (16x16) The head is almost transparent

The head is almost transparent around the edges at near-infrared wavelengths

This image is based on data acquired with the 1

located 7500 light-years away in the southern constellation of Carina

Uranus has more methane in its mainly hydrogen and helium atmosphere than Jupiter or Saturn

This spectacular spiral galaxy

Galaxy IC 342 Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (16x16) The head is almost transparentLooking like a spider's web swirled into a spiral, the galaxy IC 342 presents its delicate pattern of dust in this image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Seen in infrared light, the faint starlight gives way to the glowing bright patterns of dust found throughout the galaxy's disk. At a distance of about 10 million light years, IC 342 is relatively close by galaxy standards, however our vantage point places it directly behind the disk of our own