Close-up of the drama of star formation

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.

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ESO/Sergey Stepanenko

Om bilden

ID:eso1109a
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:16 mars 2011 12:00
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso1109
Storlek:2139 x 2140 px

Om objektet

Namn:NGC 6729
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Avstånd:400 ljusår
Constellation:Corona Australis
Kategori:Nebulae
Stars

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Koordinater

Position (RA):19 1 34.25
Position (Dec):-37° 0' 19.50"
Field of view:7.18 x 7.19 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord är 0.0° höger om lodrätt

Färger och filter

BandTeleskop
Synligt ljus
SII
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Synligt ljus
H-alpha
Very Large Telescope
FORS1