[▲ The Tarantula Nebula taken with the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared camera (NIRCam) (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team)]
This is an emission nebula in the constellation Dorado, regarding 170,000 light years away from Earth.“30 Doradus”is.30 Doradus is one of the companion galaxies (satellite galaxies) of the Milky Way.“Large Magellanic Cloud”(LMC: Large Magellanic Cloud, also known as the Large Magellanic Galaxy).“Tarantula Nebula”Also called
This image of the Tarantula Nebula“James Webb”mounted on a space telescope“Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam)”Created from images acquired on June 2, 2022 using Since the human eye cannot perceive infrared light, the colors in the image are tinted
according to the filters used during acquisition.
* F444W: Red, F470N: Orange, F200W: Green, F090W: BlueTarantula Nebula is activestar formation fieldknown asThe hollow in the center of the image is the many young stars born in this nebula.Massive star(coloured in blue), it is also the material of starsgas and dust
[▲ The Tarantula Nebula taken with the James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team)]
[▲ The Tarantula Nebula taken with the James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) (Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team)]On June 10, 2022, another instrument on board the Webb Space Telescope“Mid-Infrared Device (MIRI)”Observations of the Tarantula Nebula were also made.In the imageobtained using MIRI, which can peer into the nebula more deeply, it is smaller than the hot young massive starLow temperature gas or dustis captured. A bright spot embedded in a nebula,
growing protostar
It is said to indicate the position of*…F1800W: Red, F1280W: Green, F1000W and F770W: Bluewebb space telescope“Hubble”According to the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which operates the space telescope, it is the largest and brightest star-forming region in the Local Group of galaxies.Chemical Composition of the Tarantula Nebulais distinct from the star-forming regions of the Milky Way, suggesting that cosmic star formation has reached its peak“cosmic noon”in the period called (regarding 10 billion years ago)
Similar to Giant Star Forming Region
It is said that it is attracting the attention of astronomers because it is thought that
According to STScI, many mysteries still remain in the process of star formation, as it has been difficult to see the other side of dense molecular clouds clearly. In comparing observations of distant galaxies that existed at cosmic noon with the much closer Tarantula Nebula, hopes are being placed on the Webb Space Telescope, which can see through the dense clouds of star-forming regions. increase. Images of the Tarantula Nebula taken by the Webb Space Telescope were released by STScI and the European Space Agency (ESA) on September 6, 2022.
connection:
- Direct image of exoplanet 355 light-years away James Webb Space Telescope
- Source Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team
- STScI – A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb
ESA / Webb
– Webb Captures A Cosmic TarantulaText/Matsumura Takehiro
