Close-up of the drama of star formation
This very detailed enhanced-colour image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the dramatic effects of very young stars on the dust and gas from which they were born in the star-forming region NGC 6729. The baby stars are invisible in this picture, being hidden behind dust clouds at the upper left of the picture, but material they are ejecting is crashing into the surroundings at speeds of that can be as high as one million kilometres per hour. This picture was taken by the FORS1 instrument and records the scene in the light of glowing hydrogen and sulphur.
Källa:ESO/Sergey Stepanenko
Om bilden
ID: | eso1109a |
Typ: | Observation |
Publiceringsdatum: | 16 mars 2011 12:00 |
Relaterade pressmeddelanden: | eso1109 |
Storlek: | 2139 x 2140 px |
Om objektet
Namn: | NGC 6729 |
Typ: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
Avstånd: | 400 ljusår |
Constellation: | Corona Australis |
Kategori: | Nebulae Stars |
Mounted Image
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Koordinater
Position (RA): | 19 1 34.25 |
Position (Dec): | -37° 0' 19.50" |
Field of view: | 7.18 x 7.19 arcminutes |
Orientering: | Nord är 0.0° höger om lodrätt |
Färger och filter
Band | Teleskop |
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Synligt ljus SII | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
Synligt ljus H-alpha | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |