Esta imagen de Webb Instrumento infrarrojo medio (miRI) muestra un grupo de galaxies, incluyendo una gran cantidad de cámaras distorsionadas a nivel de cárter de los carros. La galaxia Cartwheel, ubicada a 500 millones de años luz de distancia en la constelación de escultores, está compuesta por un anillo interno brillante y un anillo exterior activo. Si bien este anillo externo tiene mucha formación de estrellas, el área polvorienta entre las estrellas y los grupos de estrellas.
La luz del infrarrojo medio capturada por Miri revela detalles finos sobre estas regiones polvorientas y estrellas jóvenes dentro de la galaxia de carrowheel, que son ricas en hidrocarbonos y otras compuestas químicas, así como el polvo de silicato, como el polvo de la tierra en la tierra. Derecho del anillo exterior, energice el polvo de hidrocarburos circundante, lo que hace que brille naranja. Por otro lado, el polvo claramente definido entre el núcleo y el anillo externo, que forma los "radios" que inspiran el nombre de la galaxia, es principalmente polvo de silicato.
La galaxia espiral más pequeña a la parte superior izquierda de la rueda de carro muestra gran parte del mismo comportamiento, mostrando una gran cantidad de formación de estrellas.
MIRI fue contribuido por la ESA y la NASA, con el instrumento diseñado y construido por un consorcio de institutos europeos con fondos nacionales (el consorcio europeo de Miri) en asociación con JPL y la Universidad de Arizona.
Credits
NASA, ES, ES, CS, STSCI, STSCI, STSCI, STSCI, STSCI, STSCI, STSCI, STACI, STOCI. Equipo
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Cartwheel Galaxy, ESO 350-40, AM0035-335 |
| Object Description | Interacting Galaxies |
| R.A. Position | 00:37:41.09 |
| Dec. Position | -33:42:59.0 |
| Constellation | Sculptor |
| Distance | 500 million light-years (150 Mpc) |
| Dimensions | Image is 2.1 arcmin across (about 305,000 light-years) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | This image was created with Webb data from proposal: . It is part of Webb Early Release Observations. The Early Release Observations and associated materials were developed, executed, and compiled by the ERO production team: Jaclyn Barrientes, Claire Blome, Hannah Braun, Matthew Brown, Margaret Carruthers, Dan Coe, Joseph DePasquale, Nestor Espinoza, Macarena Garcia Marin, Karl Gordon, Alaina Henry, Leah Hustak, Andi James, Ann Jenkins, Anton Koekemoer, Stephanie LaMassa, David Law, Alexandra Lockwood, Amaya Moro-Martin, Susan Mullally, Alyssa Pagan, Dani Player, Klaus Pontoppidan, Charles Proffitt, Christine Pulliam, Leah Ramsay, Swara Ravindranath, Neill Reid, Massimo Robberto, Elena Sabbi, Leonardo Ubeda. The EROs were also made possible by the foundational efforts and support from the JWST instruments, STScI planning and scheduling, Data Management teams, and Office of Public Outreach. |
| Instrument | MIRI |
| Exposure Dates | 10 June 2022 |
| Filters | F770W, F1000W, F1280W, F1800W |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope using the MIRI instrument. Several filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Red: F1800W Yellow: F1280W Green: F1000W Blue: F770W |
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| Object Name | A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object. |
| Object Description | The type of astronomical object. |
| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Dec. Position | Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Constellation | One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears. |
| Distance | The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs. |
| Dimensions | The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky. |
| About The Data | |
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| Instrument | The science instrument used to produce the data. |
| Exposure Dates | The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time. |
| Filters | The camera filters that were used in the science observations. |
| About The Image | |
| Image Credit | The primary individuals and institutions responsible for the content. |
| Publication Date | The date and time the release content became public. |
| Color Info | A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented. |
| Orientation | The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere. |
