Fig. 1.

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MIRI background-subtracted images of NGC 6552 in the F560W filter. Left panel shows the entire galaxy (FoV ∼ 20 × 20 kpc) and the right panel is a zoom on the central region (FoV ∼ 4 × 4 kpc) observed with the MRS. The rectangles show an overlay of the four MRS channels (from the short to long wavelengths: CH1 (FoV = 2 × 2 pc2) in blue, CH2 (FoV = 2.6 × 2.5 pc2) in green, CH3 (FoV = 3.4 × 3.4 pc2) in red on the zoom-in right panel, and CH4 (FoV = 4 × 4 pc2) in black on the left panel. Both images are shown on a log-scale, but with different stretches and contrasts to highlight the extended faint ring structure in the left panel, and the point-like central active nuclei in the right panel. The dynamical range in flux between the central pixels and the extended ring is about 20 000, showing the exquisite imaging capabilities of the MIRI detectors.
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