Esta imagen del telescopio espacial James Webb de la NASA muestra una parte de la nebulosa de Serpens, donde los astrónomos descubrieron una agrupación de salidas protostelares alineadas. Estos chorros están significados por brillantes rayas de gruñidos que aparecen rojos, que son ondas de choque del chorro que golpea el gas y el polvo circundantes. Aquí, el color rojo representa la presencia de hidrógeno molecular y monóxido de carbono.
típicamente estos objetos tienen orientaciones variadas dentro de una región. Aquí, sin embargo, están inclinados en la misma dirección, en el mismo grado, como aguanieve que se derrama durante una tormenta. Los investigadores dicen que el descubrimiento de estos objetos alineados, posibles debido a la exquisita resolución espacial y la sensibilidad en las longitudes de onda de infrarrojo cercano, está proporcionando información sobre los fundamentos de cómo nacen las estrellas.
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naSailer. CSA, STSCI, KLAUS PONTOPPIDAN (NASA-JPL), Joel Green (Stsci)- emisión nebulas
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- Reflection Nebulas
- Regiones de formación de estrellas
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Serpens Nebula, HBC 672, [EC 92] 82 |
| Object Description | Reflection nebula and star forming region |
| R.A. Position | 18:29:56.91 |
| Dec. Position | +1:14:45.77 |
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Distance | 1,300 light-years |
| Dimensions | Image is about 3.2 arcminutes across (0.9 light-years) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The Webb observations include those from program (K. Pontoppidan). Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) |
| Instrument | NIRCam |
| Exposure Dates | 26 April 2023, 12 May 2023 |
| Filters | F140M, F210M, F360M, F480M |
| 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 medium 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: F140M, Cyan: F210M, Orange: F360M, Red: 480M |
| 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. |
