by bystander » Mon Apr 12, 2010 2:24 pm
Baby stars in the Rosette cloud
ESA Portal - 12 April 2010
Herschel’s latest image reveals the formation of previously unseen large stars, each one up to ten times the mass of our Sun. These are the stars that will influence where and how the next generation of stars are formed. The image is a new release of ‘OSHI’, ESA’s Online Showcase of Herschel Images.
Infrared image of the Rosette molecular cloud. Herschel collects the infrared light given out by dust and this image is a three-colour composite made of wavelengths at 70 microns (blue), 160 microns (green) and 250 microns (red). It was made with observations from Herschel’s Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) and the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE). The bright smudges are dusty cocoons containing massive protostars. The small spots near the centre of the image are lower mass protostars.
Credits: ESA/PACS & SPIRE Consortium/HOBYS Key Programme Consortia
Herschel Reveals Ripening Stars Near Rosette Nebula
NASA JPL 2010-122 - 2010 April 12
[url=http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMWQ59MT7G_index_0.html]Baby stars in the Rosette cloud[/url]
ESA Portal - 12 April 2010
[quote]Herschel’s latest image reveals the formation of previously unseen large stars, each one up to ten times the mass of our Sun. These are the stars that will influence where and how the next generation of stars are formed. The image is a new release of ‘OSHI’, ESA’s Online Showcase of Herschel Images.[/quote]
[img]http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/rosetta/hobys_rosette_05.jpg[/img]
[quote]Infrared image of the Rosette molecular cloud. Herschel collects the infrared light given out by dust and this image is a three-colour composite made of wavelengths at 70 microns (blue), 160 microns (green) and 250 microns (red). It was made with observations from Herschel’s Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) and the Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE). The bright smudges are dusty cocoons containing massive protostars. The small spots near the centre of the image are lower mass protostars.
Credits: ESA/PACS & SPIRE Consortium/HOBYS Key Programme Consortia[/quote]
[url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-122]Herschel Reveals Ripening Stars Near Rosette Nebula[/url]
NASA JPL 2010-122 - 2010 April 12