Close-up of the drama of star formation

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eso_eso1109a March 16th, 2011

Credit: ESO/Sergey Stepanenko

This very detailed enhanced-colour image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the dramatic effects of very young stars on the dust and gas from which they were born in the star-forming region NGC 6729. The baby stars are invisible in this picture, being hidden behind dust clouds at the upper left of the picture, but material they are ejecting is crashing into the surroundings at speeds of that can be as high as one million kilometres per hour. This picture was taken by the FORS1 instrument and records the scene in the light of glowing hydrogen and sulphur.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1109a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6729
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Eso_eso1109a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 1m 34.2s
DEC = -37° 0’ 19.5”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
7.2 x 7.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Corona Australis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange VLT (FORS1) Optical (H-alpha) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (SII) -
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ID
eso1109a
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
NGC 6729
Credits
ESO/Sergey Stepanenko
Release Date
2011-03-16T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1109a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Orange, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, SII
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
285.3927045, -37.00541629
Reference Dimension
2139.0, 2140.0
Reference Pixel
1093.4189512, 1071.46774231
Scale
-5.597952e-05, 5.597952e-05
Rotation
-0.00039845993
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1109a
Metadata Date
2011-03-03T17:42:15+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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