Pismis 24 (NIRCam Image)
stsci_2025-136a September 3rd, 2025
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Image Processing: M. Garcia Marin, A. Pagan (STScI)
Webb captured this sparkling scene of star birth in Pismis 24, a young star cluster about 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. This region is one of the best places to explore the properties of hot young stars and how they evolve.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/glittering-glimpse-of-star-birth-from-nasas-webb-telescope/
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: https://www.stsci.edu/copyright
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- ID
- 2025-136a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Pismis 24, HD 319718, NGC 6357
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Image Processing: M. Garcia Marin, A. Pagan (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2025-09-03T10:15:00
- Lightyears
- 5,500
- Redshift
- 5,500
- Reference Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/glittering-glimpse-of-star-birth-from-nasas-webb-telescope/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb, Webb
- Instrument
- NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam, NIRCam
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Cyan, Green, Orange, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 900, 1870, 2000, 3350, 4700
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 261.18497400427, -34.19312203436
- Reference Dimension
- 8088.00, 11164.00
- Reference Pixel
- 4041.68420903968, 5550.67725290441
- Scale
- -0.00000867341, 0.00000867341
- Rotation
- 177.55413974613
- 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 2486.13 1070.92 3958.92 9913.02 1698.12 882.88 4687.75 6730.75 1157.57 204.23 7404.64 4531.03 435.31 1272.74 3075.66 1656.56 1596.86 2021.02 91.80 6360.57 Center Pixel Coordinates: 4044.00 261.18498377677 5582.00 -34.19340298846
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- https://www.stsci.edu/
- 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
- https://www.stsci.edu/copyright
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-J-p25136a-f-8088x11164.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2025-136/STSCI-J-p25136a-f-8088x11164.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2025-10-20T12:51:22-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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