NASA captures breathtaking image of shining ultraviolet star cluster. Check it out!
Image of the star cluster. (Courtesy: NASA)
A dwarf galaxy, which is called the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and is roughly 210,000 light-years from Earth, is present outside the Milky Way Galaxy.
The galaxy, which measures nearly 18,900 light-years in diameter, is filled with around 3 billion stars, along with the SMC and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
It is orbiting the Milky Way as a satellite galaxy and scientists are especially interested in these satellites because they tell about star formation and the process in which the galaxies evolve through mergers.
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The Milky Way is also expected to merge with these two galaxies someday.
The SMC's other beautiful feature is the star cluster known as NGC 346 which is at the centre of the brightest star-forming region in the SMC, which is the hydrogen-rich nebula called N66.
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NASA captures sparkling star cluster with Hubble telescope
NASA recently shared a breathtaking image of this star cluster which was captured by the venerableHubble Space Telescope and had ultraviolet hues filled in it.
The images were captured because of the sharp resolution of the Hubble telescope which helped scientists capture sensitive ultraviolet observations.
This region has one of the most intricately detailed star-forming clusters because of the interaction of the dozens of hot, young, blue stars with the dust and gas.
Even though NGC 346 has been captured bythe Hubble telescope in the pastand was also captured by theJames Webb Space Telescope the images appeared to be a combination of visible and infrared light in which the gas and dust structure around the nebula was seen.
The latest image of the star cluster has a combination of ultraviolet and some visible light data collected from Hubble'sAdvanced Camera for Surveys(ACS) andWide Field Camera 3(WFC3).
These observations are being made by scientists to understand more about star formation and how the interstellar medium (ISM) of low-metallicity galaxies is being shaped.
(With inputs from agencies)