NIRCam
The Near-Infrared Camera aboard the James Webb Space Telescope, capable of capturing high-resolution images in the near-infrared spectrum. NIRCam has been instrumental in studying star formation in regions like NGC 346.
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APODs including "NIRCam"
Young Stars, Stellar Jets
28/07/2023
High-speed outflows of molecular gas from a pair of actively forming young stars shine in infrared light, revealing themselves in this NIRcam image from the James Webb Space Telescope. Cataloged as HH (Herbig-Haro) 46/47, the young stars are lodged within a dark nebula that is largely opaque when viewed in visible light. The pair lie at the center of the prominent reddish diffraction spikes in the NIRcam image. Their energetic stellar jets extend for nearly a light-year, burrowing into the dark interstellar material. A tantalizing object to explore with Webb's infrared capabilities, this young star system is relatively nearby, located only some 1,140 light-years distant in the nautical constellation Vela.