Dark Energy Camera Captures Bright, Young Stars Blazing Inside Glowing Nebula
This image, taken by astronomers using the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, captures the star-forming nebula NGC 6357, which is located 8000 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Scorpius. This image reveals bright, young stars surrounded by billowing clouds of dust and gas inside NGC 6357, which is also known as the Lobster Nebula.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2221a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Sept. 12, 2022, 9 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2221 |
| Size: | 21135 x 17523 px |
About the Object
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 17 25 0.54 |
| Position (Dec): | -34° 12' 27.49" |
| Field of view: | 95.18 x 78.91 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical G | 477 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical I | 774 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical H-alpha | 662 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |