Close-up of the drama of star formation
This very detailed enhanced-colour image from ESOòÀÙs 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.
Credit:ESO/SergeyˆàStepanenko
About the Image
Id: | eso1109a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 16 March 2011, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1109 |
Size: | 2139 x 2140 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 6729 |
Type: | • Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
Distance: | 400 light years |
Constellation: | Corona Australis |
Category: | • Nebulae • Stars |
Mounted Image
Wallpapers
1024x768
188.1ˆàKB
1280x1024
335.2ˆàKB
1600x1200
543.0ˆàKB
1920x1200
714.5ˆàKB
2048x1536
1015.2ˆàKB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 19 1 34.25 |
Position (Dec): | -37° 0' 19.50" |
Field of view: | 7.18 x 7.19 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.0° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical SII | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
Optical H-alpha | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
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