#NASA #ESA #Webb telescope image of #RhoOphiuchi cloud complex where stars are born.

Resembles a blooming flower of sorts.

Incredible view, mind you, only made possible if you have a set of filters and the right instruments to capture the proper wavelength of light.

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/128/01H449193V5Q4Q6GFBKXAZ3S03

Webb viert eerste verjaardag met schitterende opname van nabije stervormingsgebied

Het Webb team heeft een schitterende foto van een klein stervormingsgebied in het Rho Ophiuchi wolkencomplex vrijgegeven.

https://www.kuuke.nl/webb-viert-eerste-verjaardag-met-schitterende-opname-van-nabije-stervormingsgebied/

#RhoOphiuchi #sterrenbeelden #stervorming #webb

This stunning image taken by ALMA in Chile at 1.3 mm radio wavelength shows a spiral protoplanetary disk around young star Elias 2-27, not far from the area imaged by JWST in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex.

Image FOV: 0.0013° x 0.0013°
Res: 0.0000667°
Spiral arm radius : 10+ billion km
Star mass: 0.5 M☉
Disk mass: 0.1 M☉

The spirals are either caused by young planets or they create conditions for planet formation.

https://www.mpg.de/10777685/spirals-birth-of-planets
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.05139.pdf
#ALMA #RhoOphiuchi
7/n

This image of the central part of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex was taken by the NASA Spitzer space telescope in 2008, in infrared wavelengths from 3.6 to 24 µm. Field of view = 2.1° x 1.0°.

Several young stars are visible in infrared light in the dark Lynds 1688 region.

Young stars with disk systems show up as red in this image. More evolved stars, which have shed their natal material, are blue.

https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2008-03a-young-stars-in-their-baby-blanket-of-dust-rho-ophiuchi
#NASA #Sptitzer #RhoOphiuchi
6/n

#Webb's #RhoOphiuchi
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230713.html

#APOD

The Colorful #Clouds of #RhoOphiuchi
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201014.html

#APOD

APOD: 2020 October 14 - The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201014.html

The many spectacular colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) clouds highlight the many processes that occur there. The blue regions shine primarily by reflected light. Blue light from the Rho Ophiuchi star system and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light. The Earth's daytime sky appears blue for the same reason. […]

#Antares #RhoOphiuchi #GlobularCluster

APOD: 2020 October 14 - The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201014.html

The many spectacular colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh'-fee-yu-kee) clouds highlight the many processes that occur there. The blue regions shine primarily by reflected light. Blue light from the Rho Ophiuchi star system and nearby stars reflects more efficiently off this portion of the nebula than red light. The Earth's daytime sky appears blue for the same reason. […]

#Antares #RhoOphiuchi #GlobularCluster

Young #Stars in the #RhoOphiuchi #Cloud
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191117.html

#APOD