Webb's Rho Ophiuchi

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Webb's Rho Ophiuchi

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SpacePics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/1058667

A mere 390 light-years away, Sun-like stars and future planetary systems are forming in the Rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to our fair planet. The James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam peered into the nearby natal chaos to capture this infrared image at an inspiring scale.

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