A proplyd in the Lagoon Nebula

This photo shows a small sky area around the central star of G5.97-1.17, an ultra-compact HII-region (UCHR) in the Lagoon Nebula. This spectacular interstellar nebula, also known as Messier 8 or M8, is seen in the direction of the southern constellation of Sagittarius.

Observations described in eso9708 have shown that this star is surrounded by a proplyd (PROto-PLanetarY Disk).

The image is a colour composite based on HST-WFPC2 images obtained through narrow-band optical filtres, isolating the light of doubly ionized oxygen atoms ([OIII]; blue) and atomic hydrogen (H-alpha; green) and in a far-red band (red). Two more faint stars are seen in this image while the bright star Her 36 is outside the border of the image (its location is at the lower left, at the intersection of the vertical, saturated CCD column and the 45° line caused by the light diffracted in the telescope).

Credit:

NASA/ESA

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso9708b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:9 april 1997
Gerelateerde berichten:eso9708
Grootte:1093 x 1122 px

Over het object

Naam:G5.97-1.17, Lagoon Nebula
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Dark : Proplyd
Afstand:5000 lichtjaren
Categorie:Nebulae

Afbeeldingstypen

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Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Optisch
Oiii
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Optisch
H-alpha
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Optisch
R
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2