Star-forming region NGC 346
This new portrait of the bright star-forming region NGC 346, in which different wavelengths of light swirl together like watercolours, reveals new information about how stars form. NGC 346 is located 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a neighbouring dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way. The image is based on data from ESA XMM-Newton (X-rays; blue), ESO's New Technology Telescope (visible light; green), and NASA's Spitzer (infrared; red). The infrared light shows cold dust, while the visible light denotes glowing gas, and the X-rays represent very hot gas. Ordinary stars appear as blue spots with white centres, while young stars enshrouded in dust appear as red spots with white centres.
Bildnachweis:ESO/ESA/ JPL-Caltech/NASA/ D. Gouliermis (MPIA) et al.
Über das Bild
| ID: | eso0834a |
| Typ: | Beobachtung |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 8. Oktober 2008 |
| Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen: | eso0834 |
| Größe: | 2106 x 1989 px |
Über das Objekt
| Name: | NGC 346 |
| Typ: | Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Entfernung: | 200000 Lichtjahre |
| Constellation: | Tucana |
| Kategorie: | Nebulae |
Bildschirm-Hintergrundbilder
Koordinaten
| Position (RA): | 0 59 17.90 |
| Position (Dec): | -72° 10' 47.98" |
| Field of view: | 6.99 x 6.60 arcminutes |
| Orientierung: | Die Nordrichtung liegt 8.3° rechts zur Vertikale |
Farben & Filter
| Spektralbereich | Wellenlänge | Teleskop |
|---|---|---|
| Röntgenstrahlung Soft X-ray | 0.00059 nm | ESA XMM-Newton EPIC |
| Optisch V | New Technology Telescope EFOSC2 | |
| Infrarot Mid-IR | 8.0 μm |
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer) |