James Webb Space Telescope Discovery
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Webb Captures an Ethereal View of NGC 346 (MIRI)
This new infrared image of NGC 346 from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) traces emission from cool gas and dust. In this image blue represents silicates and sooty chemical molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. More diffuse red emission shines from warm dust heated by the brightest and most massive stars in the heart of the region. Bright patches and filaments mark areas with abundant numbers of protostars.
This image includes 7.7-micron light shown in blue, 10 microns in cyan, 11.3 microns in green, 15 microns in yellow, and 21 microns in red (770W, 1000W, 1130W, 1500W, and 2100W filters, respectively).
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, N. Habel (JPL), P. Kavanagh (Maynooth University)
NGC 346 (MIRI image)
NGC 346 (MIRI image, annotated)
NGC 346 (NIRCam image, as posted on January 2023)
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