The center of a star-forming region like the Orion Nebula is obscured by dust clouds and cannot be seen with visible-light telescopes, but JWST uses infrared light, so it can be seen through clouds. be able to.
The Orion Nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope (left) and the James Webb Space Telescope (right).
ASA, ESA, CSA, PDRs4All ERS Team; image processing Olivier Berné.
The image captures a lot of detail, and you can even see structures in the Great Nebula that are about the size of our solar system.
“Several dense filaments are clearly visible. Within these filament structures, a new generation of stars may form deep within clouds of dust and gas. A star system already in the process of forming. You can also see it,” said Olivier Berné of the French National Center for Scientific Research, one of the team members who led the project, in a statement from Western University.
“Inside the cocoon, young stars are surrounded by a disk of dust and gas, and planets are observed to form within the disk. New stars are also pushed into clouds by strong radiation and stellar winds. You can clearly see how the hole was cut.”
Edwin Bergin, a member of the research team and director of astronomy at the University of Michigan, said he and others hope the image will “enhance our understanding of the full cycle of star formation.”releasesays in
“In this image, we can see the cycle in which the first generation stars irradiate the material that makes up the next generation of stars. Observing this amazing structure will help us predict stars in the Milky Way galaxy and beyond. We will be able to learn more about how the birth cycle works,” Burgin said.
The inner structure of the Orion Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA, ESA, CSA, Data reduction and analysis : PDRs4All ERS Team; graphical processing S. Fuenmayor & O. Berne
Launched in December 2021, JWST will begin operations in July 2022 and has so fartarantula nebulaorJupiter’s Aurorasuch asmagnificent pictureis filming.Also, on a Jupiter-sized planet 21,150 light-years away,Detect water vapordid.
In August, images taken by the JWST and the Hubble Space Telescope were combined to classify the galaxy as a “grand design spiral galaxy.”Stunning images of the ‘fantasy galaxy’was created.
(Translated by Fumiko Nakata, edited by Toshihiko Inoue)