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Birthing Stars
This image shows the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by the HAWK-I infrared imager mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. By gazing into infrared wavelengths, HAWK-I can examine dust-shrouded star clusters like RCW 38, providing an unparalleled view of the stars forming within. This cluster contains hundreds of young, hot, massive stars, and lies some 5500 light-years away in the constellation of Vela (The Sails).
Credit: ESO/K. Muzic
RCW38, een kleurrijk hemellandschap
RCW38, een kleurrijk hemellandschap
Hemelse kunst.
Deze afbeelding toont de sterrenhoop RCW 38, zoals vastgelegd door de HAWK-I-infraroodcamera, gekoppeld aan ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chili. Door op infrarode golflengten te kijken, kan HAWK-I stofrijke sterrenhopen zoals RCW 38 onderzoeken, en ongeëvenaarde beelden maken van de zich daarin vormende sterren. Deze sterrenhoop bevat honderden jonge, hete, zware sterren en…
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RCW38, een kleurrijk hemellandschap
RCW38, een kleurrijk hemellandschap
Hemelse kunst.
Deze afbeelding toont de sterrenhoop RCW 38, zoals vastgelegd door de HAWK-I-infraroodcamera, gekoppeld aan ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chili. Door op infrarode golflengten te kijken, kan HAWK-I stofrijke sterrenhopen zoals RCW 38 onderzoeken, en ongeëvenaarde beelden maken van de zich daarin vormende sterren. Deze sterrenhoop bevat honderden jonge, hete, zware sterren en…
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This image displays a spectacular three-color composite image of RCW38, an embedded cluster in the constellation Vela, obtained through three near-infrared filters. This is a region in the Milky Way at a distance of about 5,000 light years, where stars which have recently formed in clouds of gas and dust are still heavily obscured and cannot be observed in the visible part of the spectrum. (x)