NASA Missions Spot Cosmic 'Wreath' Displaying Stellar Circle of Life
chandra_849b December 17th, 2024
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC; Infrared: ESA/Webb, NASA and CSA, P. Zeilder, E.Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
NGC 602 is a star cluster that lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way. This image combines X-rays from Chandra (red) and infrared data from James Webb (JWST). The dark ring-like structure in the JWST data (orange, yellow, green and blue) is made up of dense clouds of dust. Chandra's X-rays show young, massive stars that are illuminating the dust clouds, sending high-energy light into interstellar space. These X-rays are powered by winds flowing from the young, massive stars that are sprinkled throughout the cluster.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ngc602/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 849b
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 602
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC; Infrared: ESA/Webb, NASA and CSA, P. Zeilder, E.Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
- Release Date
- 2024-12-17
- Lightyears
- 180,000
- Redshift
- 180,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ngc602/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra X-ray Observatory, JWST
- Instrument
- NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, MIRI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Pseudocolor
- Band
- X-ray, Infrared
- Bandpass
- None, None, None, methane, None, PAH, None, None, Silicate
- Central Wavelength
- 1150, 1400, 1500, 2100, 2770, 3350, 3560, 4800, 10000
- Start Time
- 2010-03-31-1938, -
- Integration Time
- 29164, -
- Dataset ID
- 10985, 10986, 11978, 11979, 11988, 11989, 12130, 12131, 12134, 12136, 12207
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 22.369583333333335, -73.56133333333334
- Reference Dimension
- 5863.0, 4734.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2931.5, 2367.0
- Scale
- -8.617599520743306e-06, 8.617599520743306e-06
- Rotation
- -0.080000000000009688
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617.496.7941
- Address
- 60 Garden St.
- City
- Cambridge
- State/Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
- Publisher
- Chandra X-ray Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- ngc206.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2024/ngc602/ngc602.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2025-01-02T14:13:54-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
