International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
NGC 7552 taken by T-ReCS
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.
