File:NGC 604 (NIRCam Image) (2024-110).png
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DescriptionNGC 604 (NIRCam Image) (2024-110).png |
English: This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC 604 shows how stellar winds from bright, hot young stars carve out cavities in surrounding gas and dust.
The bright orange streaks in this image signify the presence of carbon-based molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. As you travel further from the immediate cavities of dust where the star is forming, the deeper red signifies molecular hydrogen. This cooler gas is a prime environment for star formation. Hydrogen ionized by ultraviolet radiation appears as a white and blue ghostly glow. NGC 604 is located in the Triangulum galaxy (M33), 2.73 million light-years away from Earth. It provides an opportunity for astronomers to study a high concentration of very young, massive stars in a relatively nearby region. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI |
Date | 9 March 2024, 20:30:00 (upload date) |
Source | NGC 604 (NIRCam Image) |
Author | Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI |
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Keywords InfoField | Emission Nebulas; Star Forming Regions; Nebulas |
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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA, ESA and CSA. NASA Webb material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA/CSA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if source material from other organizations is in use. The material was created for NASA by Space Telescope Science Institute under Contract NAS5-03127. Copyright statement at webbtelescope.org. For material created by the European Space Agency on the esawebb.org site, use the {{ESA-Webb}} tag. |
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Author | Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach |
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Credit/Provider | NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Pagan (STScI) |
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Date and time of data generation | 03:30, 9 March 2024 |
Color space | sRGB |
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Contact information | outreach@stsci.edu
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Keywords | NGC 604 |
Date and time of digitizing | 10:10, 30 August 2022 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 25.3 (Macintosh) |
Date metadata was last modified | 05:41, 27 February 2024 |
File change date and time | 08:14, 26 February 2024 |
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