La imagen del primer aniversario del telescopio espacial James Webb de la NASA muestra el parto de estrellas como nunca antes se había visto, llena de textura detallada e impresionista. El sujeto es el complejo de nubes Rho Ophiuchi, la región más cercana que formaba estrellas a la Tierra. Es una guardería estelar relativamente pequeña y tranquila, pero nunca lo sabrías desde el primer plano de Webb. Los chorros que estallan de estrellas jóvenes cruzan la imagen, impactando el gas interestelar circundante y la iluminación de hidrógeno molecular, que se muestra en rojo. Algunas estrellas muestran la sombra reveladora de un disco circunstelar, las características de los futuros sistemas planetarios.
Las estrellas jóvenes en el centro de muchos de estos discos son similares en masa al sol, o más pequeñas. La más fuerte en esta imagen es la Star S1, que aparece en medio de una cueva brillante que está escapar con sus vientos estelares en la mitad inferior de la imagen. El gas de color más liviano que rodea S1 consiste en HydroCarbones aromáticos poliíclicos , una familia de carbanes que están basados en el carbono. Compuestos encontrados en el espacio.
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| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Rho Ophiuchi |
| Object Description | Star-forming region |
| R.A. Position | 16:26:30.56 |
| Dec. Position | -24:23:04.16 |
| Constellation | Ophiuchus |
| Distance | 390 light-years away |
| Dimensions | Image is about 0.7 light-years across (6.4 arcminutes) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | This image was created with Webb data from proposal: (K. Pontoppidan) |
| Instrument | NIRCam |
| Exposure Dates | 07 March 2023, 4-6 April 2023 |
| Filters | F187N, F200W, F335W, F444W, F470N |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope using the NIRCam instrument. Several filters were used to sample wide and narrow 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: Blue: F187N, Light Blue: F200W, Cyan: F335W, Yellow: F444W, Red: F470N |
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| About The Object | |
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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 | |
| Data Description |
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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. |
