ALMA Image of the Glowing Dust Inside NGC 6334I

nrao_Gallery_nrao17cb08b

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); C. Brogan, B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

ALMA image of the glowing dust inside NGC 6334I, a protocluster containing an infant star that is undergoing an intense growth spurt, likely triggered by an avalanche of gas falling onto its surface.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: http://epocms-alpha.nrao.edu/news/2017-alma-protostar-outburst/

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 6334I • NGC 6334I-MM1
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Distance

5,500 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 20m 53.4s; DEC = -35° 47’ 0.0”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ALMA	Radio	889.3 µm

ID: Gallery_nrao17cb08b
Subject Category: B.4.1.2
Subject Name: NGC 6334I, NGC 6334I-MM1
Credits: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); C. Brogan, B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Release Date
Lightyears: 5,500
Redshift: 5,500
Reference Url: http://epocms-alpha.nrao.edu/news/2017-alma-protostar-outburst/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: ALMA
Instrument
Color Assignment

Band: Radio
Bandpass
Central Wavelength: 8.893279679620291E+5

Start Time: 2016-07-17T05:38
Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000.0
Reference Value: 260.2223333334, -35.78333333337
Reference Dimension: 1120, 1120

Reference Pixel: 561, 561
Scale: -0.0000032358404331975, 0.0000031651742498219
Rotation: 0
Coordinate System Projection:: SIN

Quality
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL: https://public.nrao.edu
Name: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email: outreach@nrao.edu

Telephone
Address: 520 Edgemont Road
City: Charlottesville
State/Province: Virginia

Postal Code: 22903
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Publisher: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID: nrao
Resource ID

Resource URL: /image/nrao/Gallery_nrao17cb08b
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Metadata Date: 2018-05-08T10:08-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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5,500 light years