The astronomer using it Telescope for ESO visible infrared investigation telescopes (Vista) created something amazing 80 million pixel images Star cluster RCW 38.
RCW 38 is an approximately superstar cluster 5,500 light years They are separated by Vera's constellation.
It is the youngest of the 13 superstar clusters in the Milky Way (less than one million years) and is the dense stellar system in 13,000 light years from the Sun.
Includes hundreds of young, hot, giant stars and brown dwarfs.
RCW 38 is a “embedded” cluster in that new clouds of dust and gas still envelop the stars.
The intense radiation poured from the newly born stars makes the surrounding gas bright and bright.
This is in stark contrast to the cool, cosmic dust streams that engulf the region.
“Compared to our Sun, which is at a stable stage in that life about 4.6 billion years ago, the RCW 38 star is still very young,” the ESO astronomer said in a statement.
“In less than a million years, RCW 38 contains around 2,000 stars, creating this psychedelic landscape.”
“The cluster of stars is like a giant pressure cooker, and contains all the ingredients for star formation: dense gas clouds and opaque masses of cosmic dust. This mixture of gas and dust itself If it collapses under the gravity of the 'stars','
“The strong radiation from these newborn stars creates the gas that brightens up the glow of the star cluster, creating the pink tint you see here.”
“It's a truly spectacular sight! But in visible light, many of the stars in the RCW 38 cluster remain hidden from us, and dust blocks those views.”
That's where the Vista telescope appears. Its Vircam camera observes infrared rays that can pass through almost unobstructed dust, unlike visible light, and reveals the true richness of the RCW 38.
“We also see a cold “failed” star known as a young star, or a brown dwarf, in a dusty coco,” the astronomer said.
“This infrared image was taken during that time. Vista variables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) surveycreated the most detailed infrared map of Home Galaxy ever made. ”
“Studies like this either reveal unknown astronomical objects, or give us a new perspective on known objects.”
Source: www.sci.news
