ALMA and SMA Images of NGC 6334I

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Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); SMA, Harvard/Smithsonian CfA

Comparing observations by two different millimeter-wavelength telescopes, ALMA and the SMA, astronomers noted a massive outburst in a star-forming cloud. Because the ALMA images are more sensitive and show finer detail, it was possible to use them to simulate what the SMA could have seen in 2015 and 2016. By subtracting the earlier SMA images from the simulated images, astronomers could see that a significant change had taken place in MM1 while the other three millimeter sources (MM2, MM3, and MM4) are unchanged.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: /image/nrao/Gallery_nrao17cb08c

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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Image Type
Collage
Object Name
NGC 6334I
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Distance

Universescale1
5,500 light years
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Gallery_nrao17cb08c
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
NGC 6334I
Credits
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); SMA, Harvard/Smithsonian CfA
Release Date
Lightyears
5,500
Redshift
5,500
Reference Url
/image/nrao/Gallery_nrao17cb08c
Type
Collage
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Equinox
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FITS Header
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NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL
https://public.nrao.edu
Name
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email
outreach@nrao.edu
Telephone
Address
520 Edgemont Road
City
Charlottesville
State/Province
Virginia
Publisher
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID
nrao
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Resource URL
/image/nrao/Gallery_nrao17cb08c
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Metadata Date
2018-05-07T10:57:34-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Universescalefull
5,500 light years

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