File:Sagittarius C (NIRCam Image) (2023-148).png
![File:Sagittarius C (NIRCam Image) (2023-148).png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Sagittarius_C_%28NIRCam_Image%29_%282023-148%29.png/800px-Sagittarius_C_%28NIRCam_Image%29_%282023-148%29.png?20231121103051)
Original file (5,733 × 2,169 pixels, file size: 20.84 MB, MIME type: image/png)
Captions
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionSagittarius C (NIRCam Image) (2023-148).png |
English: The full view of the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument reveals a 50 light-years-wide portion of the Milky Way’s dense center. An estimated 500,000 stars shine in this image of the Sagittarius C (Sgr C) region, along with some as-yet unidentified features.
A vast region of ionized hydrogen, shown in cyan, wraps around an infrared-dark cloud, which is so dense that it blocks the light from distant stars behind it. Intriguing needle-like structures in the ionized hydrogen emission lack any uniform orientation. Researchers note the surprising extent of the ionized region, covering about 25 light-years. Click to view a labeled version of the image. A cluster of protostars – stars that are still forming and gaining mass – are producing outflows that glow like a bonfire at the base of the large infrared-dark cloud, indicating that they are emerging from the cloud’s protective cocoon and will soon join the ranks of the more mature stars around them. Smaller infrared-dark clouds dot the scene, appearing like holes in the starfield. Researchers say they have only begun to dig into the wealth of unprecedented high-resolution data that Webb has provided on this region, and many features bear detailed study. This includes the rose-colored clouds on the right side of the image, which have never been seen in such detail. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Samuel Crowe (UVA) |
Date | 20 November 2023 (upload date) |
Source | Sagittarius C (NIRCam Image) |
Author | Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Samuel Crowe (UVA) |
Other versions |
|
Licensing
[edit]Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
![]() |
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. |
![]() |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 10:30, 21 November 2023 | ![]() | 5,733 × 2,169 (20.84 MB) | OptimusPrimeBot (talk | contribs) | #Spacemedia - Upload of https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01HF7P3B6PW5DS5N9M9XD1EY27.png via Commons:Spacemedia |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Author | Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach |
---|---|
Copyright holder |
|
Short title |
|
Credit/Provider | NASA, ESA, CSA, S. Crowe(UVa), A. Pagan (STScI) |
Source | STScI |
Usage terms | |
Date and time of data generation | 10:00, 20 November 2023 |
Color space | sRGB |
Exif version | 2.31 |
Image width | 5,733 px |
Image height | 2,169 px |
Bits per component |
|
Height | 2,169 px |
Width | 5,733 px |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Contact information | outreach@stsci.edu
3700 San Martin Drive Baltimore, MD, 21218 USA |
Keywords | Sagittarius C |
Date and time of digitizing | 06:46, 12 January 2023 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 25.1 (Macintosh) |
Date metadata was last modified | 09:02, 14 November 2023 |
File change date and time | 07:30, 14 November 2023 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:e698d8db-f1ea-4ca8-9e3e-a0aec44501b8 |
Copyright status | Copyright status not set |