Stellar Nursery, RCW 108, NGC 6193, NCG 6188
RCW 108 is a molecular cloud that is in the process of being destroyed by intense ultraviolet radiation from heavy and hot stars in the nearby stellar cluster NGC 6193, seen to the left in the photo. A series of images were obtained with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) of areas in the Milky Way band, including some in which interstellar nebulae of gas and dust are seen. Each frame records 8184 x 8196, or over 67 million, pixels in a sky field of 32 x 32 arcmin 2. The photo shows the RCW 108 complex of bright and dark nebulae in the southern association Ara OB1, a star-forming region in the constellation Ara (the Altar), deep in the southern sky. The exposure time was 300 sec for each frame in H-alpha, and 60 sec in B and V. East is to the left and North to the top. Release date April 30, 1999.
Size: 3699px × 3750px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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