eso_eso2307f May 11th, 2023
Credit: ESO/Meingast et al.
This image shows the regions around the Coronet star cluster in the Corona Australis constellation. New stars are born in the colourful clouds of gas and dust seen here. The infrared observations underlying the image reveal new details in the star-forming regions that are usually obscured by the clouds of dust. The image was produced with data collected by the VIRCAM instrument, which is attached to the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The observations were done as part of the VISIONS survey, which will allow astronomers to better understand how stars form in these dust-enshrouded regions.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2307f/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
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