Star-Forming Region in the Carina Nebula: Detail 2
stsci_2007-16i April 24th, 2007
Credit: Credit for Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
A close-up look at the peak of one of these "pillars of creation" reveals unequivocal evidence that stars are being born inside the columns. A pencil-like streamer of gas shoots out in both directions from the pillar and plows into surrounding gas like a fire hose hitting a wall of sand. The jet is being launched from a newly forming star hidden inside the column. A similar jet appears near the bottom of the image. These stellar jets are a common signature of the birth of a new star.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2007/news-2007-16
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Image Details
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- 2007-16i
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.1
- Subject Name
- Carina Nebula, NGC 3372
- Credits
- Credit for Hubble Image: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley), and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Credit for CTIO Image: N. Smith (University of California, Berkeley) and NOAO/AURA/NSF
- Release Date
- 2007-04-24T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 7,500
- Redshift
- 7,500
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2007/news-2007-16
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- CTIO, CTIO, Hubble, CTIO
- Instrument
- MOSAIC2, MOSAIC2, ACS, MOSAIC2
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Luminosity, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- OIII, H-alpha+[NII], H-alpha+[NII], SII
- Central Wavelength
- 501, 658, 658, 673
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 161.07201596282, -59.50789502104
- Reference Dimension
- 793.00, 1068.00
- Reference Pixel
- 2352.47233500982, 1648.39803475980
- Scale
- -0.00001387367, 0.00001387367
- Rotation
- -142.60105106357
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 2395.31 1634.84 747.81 288.65 2640.78 1620.54 377.20 608.73 2385.29 1783.87 581.72 39.48 2612.17 1437.16 642.59 866.73 2576.08 1405.12 739.52 874.19 2683.89 1487.67 466.97 872.87 2814.84 1539.08 198.98 950.59 2713.52 1562.49 332.23 789.47 Center Pixel Coordinates: 396.50 161.01072190040 534.00 -59.51213217574
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p0716i-f-793x1068.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0716i-f-793x1068.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/16
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
