WR 140 with JWST
WR 140 with JWST
The two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140, shown here, produce shells of dust every eight years that look like rings, as seen in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Each ring was created when the stars came close together and their stellar winds collided, compressing the gas and forming dust.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, JPL-Caltech, NSF'S NOIRLab
About the Image
Id: | WR140 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Oct. 21, 2022, 4:52 a.m. |
Size: | 3155 x 4572 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 20 20 28.01 |
Position (Dec): | 43° 51' 16.54" |
Field of view: | 1.35 x 1.96 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 3.4° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Infrared | 7.7 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared | 15 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared | 21 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |