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[quote=De58te post_id=325874 time=1663349989 user_id=141631]
[quote=FLPhotoCatcher post_id=325864 time=1663310681 user_id=139392]
The write-up says that this contains data from the JWST. Is that correct, and if so, what did the JWST contribute?
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Here is the JWST contribution. It appears to have focused on the blue star cluster region near the center which they say is "only" 340 light years across.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/a-cosmic-tarantula-caught-by-nasa-s-webb
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Thanks.

[quote=MoonRockMan post_id=325877 time=1663361324 user_id=146309]
[quote="orin stepanek" post_id=325871 time=1663339870 user_id=100812]
Tarantula-HST-ESO-Webb-SS1024.jpg
Tarantula-HST-ESO-annotated1800.jpg
Tarantula has the largest star forming area in the local group! Wow!
That's quite something for a small Galaxy! 8-)
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Thank you so much the for annotated image! That's great.
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You're welcome! :D

[quote="orin stepanek" post_id=325871 time=1663339870 user_id=100812]
Tarantula-HST-ESO-Webb-SS1024.jpg
Tarantula-HST-ESO-annotated1800.jpg
Tarantula has the largest star forming area in the local group! Wow!
That's quite something for a small Galaxy! 8-)
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Thank you so much the for annotated image! That's great.

Is the linked-to "[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080327.html]bubble shaped[/url]" clouds N44 emission nebula complex in this image? I'm not finding it in the annotated image? It's in the LMC at least.

[quote=FLPhotoCatcher post_id=325864 time=1663310681 user_id=139392]
The write-up says that this contains data from the JWST. Is that correct, and if so, what did the JWST contribute?
[/quote]

Here is the JWST contribution. It appears to have focused on the blue star cluster region near the center which they say is "only" 340 light years across.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/a-cosmic-tarantula-caught-by-nasa-s-webb

[quote=FLPhotoCatcher post_id=325864 time=1663310681 user_id=139392]
The write-up says that this contains data from the JWST. Is that correct, and if so, what did the JWST contribute?
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Just click on the "James Webb Space Telescope" link in the Image credits part.
It looks like stars from the JWST that have spikes, have lots of spikes. 6 large ones and then more smaller.
The central R136 cluster was its target.

[attachment=1]Tarantula-HST-ESO-Webb-SS1024.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=0]Tarantula-HST-ESO-annotated1800.jpg[/attachment]
Tarantula has the largest star forming area in the local group! Wow!
That's quite something for a small Galaxy! 8-)

[quote=AVAO post_id=325869 time=1663329905 user_id=144694]
[quote=VictorBorun post_id=325867 time=1663323101 user_id=145500]
[quote]the site of the closest supernova in modern times, SN 1987A, at lower right[/quote]

please, can anybody point that remnant
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... almost starless...
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361991099_4c79aab58a_c.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361997104_40daede0d8.jpg[/img]
jac berne (flickr)
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thanks! Now, why do they emphasize that R136 is so young that it has no SNRs yet? What an SNR, say 300 or 3000 years old, would look like at this distance ?
Or do they mean just radio and X-rays bubbles, too faint in H-alpha red to see?

...
Congratulations to the dream team of the two creators. The picture is so visually stunning and yet detailed, I'm speechless!

[quote=VictorBorun post_id=325867 time=1663323101 user_id=145500]
[quote]the site of the closest supernova in modern times, SN 1987A, at lower right[/quote]

please, can anybody point that remnant
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... almost starless ...

[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361991099_4c79aab58a_c.jpg[/img]

... and slightly enhanced in red and magenta ...

[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52361997104_40daede0d8.jpg[/img]
[size=85]jac berne (flickr)[/size]

Original source: Image Credit & Copyright: Processing - Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari
Data - Hubble Tarantula Treasury, European Southern Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, Amateur Sources

[quote]the site of the closest supernova in modern times, SN 1987A, at lower right[/quote]

please, can anybody point that remnant

The write-up says that this contains data from the JWST. Is that correct, and if so, what did the JWST contribute?

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220916.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_220916.jpg[/img] [size=150]The Tarantula Zone[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] [url=http://messier.seds.org/xtra/ngc/n2070.html]The Tarantula Nebula[/url], also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant star forming region within nearby satellite galaxy the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171013.html]Large Magellanic Cloud[/url]. About 180 thousand light-years away, it's the largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies. The cosmic arachnid sprawls across [url=http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Tarantula-HST-ESO-Webb.html]this magnificent view[/url], an assembly of image data from large space- and ground-based telescopes. [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220907.html]Within the Tarantula[/url] (NGC 2070), intense radiation, stellar winds, and supernova shocks from the central young cluster of massive stars cataloged as R136 energize the nebular glow and shape the spidery filaments. [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1602/Tarantula-HST-ESO-annotated1800.jpg]Around the Tarantula[/url] are other star forming regions with young star clusters, filaments, and blown-out [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080327.html]bubble-shaped[/url] clouds. In fact, the frame includes the site of the closest supernova in modern times, [url=https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0708a/]SN 1987A[/url], at lower right. The rich field of view spans about 2 degrees or 4 full moons, in the southern [url=http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/dor/]constellation Dorado[/url]. But were the Tarantula Nebula closer, say 1,500 light-years distant like the Milky Way's own star forming [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151104.html]Orion Nebula[/url], it would take up half the sky.


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