Close-up of the drama of star formation (annotated)

This very detailed image of the star-forming region NGC 6729 from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the dramatic effects of very young stars on the dust and gas from which they were born. 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 shows the probable directions of the ejected material and indicates the positions of the Herbig-Haro objects (marked as HH) where ejected material is creating glowing shockwaves.

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ESO/Sergey Stepanenko

O zdjęciu

Identyfikator:eso1109c
Typ:Obserwacje
Data publikacji:16 marca 2011 12:00
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Rozmiar:2139 x 2140 px

O obiekcie

Nazwa:Herbig–Haro object, NGC 6729
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Reflection
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Odległość:400 lat świetlnych
Constellation:Corona Australis
Kategoria:Nebulae
Stars

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Współrzędne

Pozycja (RA):19 1 34.25
Pozycja (Dec):-37° 0' 19.50"
Pole widzenia:7.18 x 7.19 arcminutes
Orientacja:North is 0.0° prawo of vertical

Kolory i filtry

PasmoTeleskop
Optyczny
SII
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Optyczny
H-alpha
Very Large Telescope
FORS1