Extreme Outer Galaxy
stsci_2024-131a September 10th, 2024
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Ressler (JPL); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine select star-forming areas in the Extreme Outer Galaxy in near- and mid-infrared light. Within this star-forming region, known as Digel Cloud 2S, the telescope observed young, newly formed stars and their extended jets of material. This Webb image also shows a dense sea of background galaxies and red nebulous structures within the region. In this image, colors were assigned to different filters from Webb’s MIRI and NIRCam: red (F1280W, F770W, F444W), green (F356W, F200W), and blue (F150W; F115W).
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-131
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://stsci.edu/copyright/
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- ID
- 2024-131a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Digel Cloud 2
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. Ressler (JPL); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2024-09-10
- Lightyears
- 40,000
- Redshift
- 40,000
- Reference Url
- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-131
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb
- Instrument
- NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, MIRI, MIRI
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Magenta
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 1150, 1500, 2000, 3560, 4440, 7700, 12800
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- 42.13415841834, 58.38854920515
- Reference Dimension
- 3378.00, 2474.00
- Reference Pixel
- 553.31232408418, 300.26524621711
- Scale
- -0.00001754425, 0.00001754425
- Rotation
- 3.212778
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://stsci.edu
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-J-p24131a-f-3378x2474.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2024-131/STSCI-J-p24131a-f-3378x2474.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-08-19T12:05:57-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
