Seis imágenes de infrarrojo cercano de Nircam (la cámara de infrarrojo cercano) a bordo del telescopio espacial James Webb conforman este compuesto de Herbig-Haro 46/47.
Las flechas de brújulas norte y este muestran la orientación de la imagen en el cielo. Tenga en cuenta que la relación entre el norte y el este en el cielo (como se ve desde abajo) se voltea en relación con las flechas de dirección en un mapa del suelo (como se ve en arriba).
Esta imagen muestra longitudes de onda de luz infrarroja invisibles que se han traducido en colores de luz visible. La tecla de color muestra qué filtros Nircam se usaron al recolectar la luz. El color de cada nombre del filtro es el color de luz visible utilizado para representar la luz infrarroja que pasa a través de ese filtro.
La barra de escala está marcada en Arcminutes, que es una medida de distancia angular en el cielo. Un arco es igual a una medición angular igual a 1/60 de un grado. (La luna llena tiene un diámetro angular de aproximadamente 30 arcmintas.) El tamaño real de un objeto que cubre un arcminte en el cielo depende de su distancia del telescopio.
Credits
Image
NASA, ESA, CSA
Procesamiento de imágenes
Joseph Depasquale (STSCI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STSCI)
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | HH 46/47 |
| Object Description | A complex of Herbig-Haro objects |
| R.A. Position | 08:25:43.6 |
| Dec. Position | -50:00:36 |
| Constellation | Vela |
| Distance | 1470 light-years |
| Dimensions | Image is 7.3 arcmin across (about 3.1 light-years) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | This image was created from JWST data from proposal: (K. Pontoppidan) |
| Instrument | NIRCam |
| Exposure Dates | May 24, 2023 |
| Filters | F115W, F187N, F200W, F335M, 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 specific 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: F115W, Cyan: F187N, Green: F200W, Yellow: F335M, Orange: F444W, Red: F470N |
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| 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. |
