NGC 604 (imagen de Nircam Compass)

NGC 604 (imagen de Nircam Compass)

Esta imagen del NGC 604, capturada por el NIRCAM (cámara de infrarrojo cercano) de Webb, muestra flechas de brújulas, barra de escala y clave de color para referencia.

Las flechas de la brújula norte y este muestran la orientación de la imagen en el cielo.

La barra de escala está etiquetada en los años luz, que es la distancia que enciende los Travels en un año de tierra. (La luz tarda 3 años en viajar a una distancia igual a la longitud de la barra de escala). Un año luz es igual a aproximadamente 5.88 billones de millas o 9.46 billones de kilómetros.

Esta imagen muestra longitudes de onda de luz cercanas al infrarrojo 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.

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About The Object
Object Name NGC 604, M33
Object Description Star Forming Region in Spiral Galaxy M33
R.A. Position 01:34:33.79
Dec. Position 30:46:59.0
Constellation Triangulum
Distance About 2.73 million light-years (830,000 parsecs)
Dimensions Image is about 2.1 arcminutes across (about 1,700 light-years)
About The Data
Data Description This image was created with Webb data from proposal: (M. Marin). Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI).
Instrument NIRCam
Exposure Dates 28 Janurary 2024
Filters F090W, F187N, F200W, F335M, F444W, F470N
About The Image
Color Info This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the James Webb Space Telescope using the NIRCam instrument. Several filters were used to sample varying 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: F090W, Cyan: F187N, Green: F335M, Red: F444W+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.
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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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  • Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
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
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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.