James Webb’s new photo shows stars and dust in the galaxy

The James Webb Telescope observed the galaxy NGC 5068. It is a barred spiral type and is about 20 million light years away from us.

A new photo from the James Webb Telescope reveals the dusty filaments and bright star clusters of the galaxy NGC 5068, located about 20 million light-years from Earth. she comes from barred spiral typeand this central structure was recorded in the new image.

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Stars and planetary systems are born in clouds of gas and dust, which hide them from visible light telescopes. Because Webb has instruments specially made for infrared observations, he was able to reveal what lies inside the galaxy’s dust clouds.

The image above was produced from James Webb’s MIRI instrument observations. Shows the structure of the galaxy dust and glowing gas bubbles in detail, with newly formed star clusters.

There are also some asteroid trails in this photo: one is just below the galaxy bar and two more appear in the lower left corner. They were recorded because, as Webb captured several images of the galaxy, the asteroids moved; thus, they ended up photographed in slightly different locations.

This photo shows the galaxy’s large population of stars, growing denser along its central, bright bar. There are even reddish clouds, which glow thanks to gas ionized by the light of young stars there; besides them there are also older stars, which form the center of the galaxy.

Finally, the H II regions, present in the photo, should be noted. They are formed by clusters of hydrogen gas that form new stars.

Source: NASA

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