The US National Aeronautics and Space Studies (NASA) released a new detailed image of NGC 346, the young star cluster in the galaxy of the small Magellanic cloud of the Milky Way. This was reported to this official area Space Agency.
This picture combines the data of Khabble space telescope at infrared, optical and ultraviolet intervals, which allows scientists to take the most complete picture of this “star formation factory”.
NGC 346 is located 200 thousand years away from the Earth in the constellation Tukan. This galaxy contains less heavy elements than the Milky Way, which makes its conditions similar to those who exist in the early universe.
The cluster serves as a home for more than 2500 newborn stars, where large blue giants stand out and often exceeding the sun. Radies and powerful star winds form the surrounding nebula, the brightest H II region in the Küçük Magellan cloud.
Thanks to Hubbla’s 11 -year observations, astronomers found that the stars in NGC 346 move to the center of the accumulation along the spiral. The reason for this is an external gas flow that fuels the process of star formation in the turbulent nucleus of the accumulation.
N66 Nebula shines due to ultraviolet radiation of young stars that confirm the formation of clusters (according to cosmic standards). However, a few million years later, the largest NGC has consumed 346 star fuels and the nebula will begin to disintegrate.
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Source: Gazeta
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