APOD: Magnetic Orion (February 27, 2019)
Drapery pattern of the magnetic field in OMC-1 as observed by HAWC+. The background is a near-IR image of this star-forming region.
Drapery pattern of the magnetic field in OMC-1 as observed by HAWC+. The background is a near-IR image of this star-forming region.
The magnetic field of the central few kiloparsecs of the Cigar Galaxy (M82). The background is a combined image from optical (gray), infrared (yellow), and Hydrogen (red) emission.
The magnetic field of the Circumnuclear Disk (CND) observed by HAWC+ in the central 5 parsecs of the Milky Way. The background is a combination of far- and near-IR views of this dusty region as seen by SOFIA and Hubble.