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.
Crédit:ESO/ESA/ JPL-Caltech/NASA/ D. Gouliermis (MPIA) et al.
À propos de l'image
| Identification: | eso0834a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Date de publication: | 8 octobre 2008 |
| Communiqués de presse en rapport: | eso0834 |
| Taille: | 2106 x 1989 px |
À propos de l'objet
| Nom: | NGC 346 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 200000 années lumière |
| Constellation: | Tucana |
| Catégorie: | Nebulae |
Fonds d'écran
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 59 17.90 |
| Position (Dec): | -72° 10' 47.98" |
| Field of view: | 6.99 x 6.60 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 8.3° right of vertical |
Couleurs & filtres
| Domaine | Longueur d'onde | Télescope |
|---|---|---|
| Rayons X Soft X-ray | 0.00059 nm | ESA XMM-Newton EPIC |
| Visible V | New Technology Telescope EFOSC2 | |
| Infrarouge Mid-IR | 8.0 μm |
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer) |