File:Cartwheel Galaxy (MIRI) (weic2211b).tiff
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this JPG preview of this TIF file: 567 × 600 pixels. Other resolutions: 227 × 240 pixels | 454 × 480 pixels | 726 × 768 pixels | 1,112 × 1,176 pixels.
Original file (1,112 × 1,176 pixels, file size: 1.94 MB, MIME type: image/tiff)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionCartwheel Galaxy (MIRI) (weic2211b).tiff |
English: This image from Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) shows a group of galaxies, including a large distorted ring-shaped galaxy known as the Cartwheel. The Cartwheel Galaxy, located 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is composed of a bright inner ring and an active outer ring. While this outer ring has a lot of star formation, the dusty area in between reveals many stars and star clusters.The mid-infrared light captured by MIRI reveals fine details about these dusty regions and young stars within the Cartwheel Galaxy, which are rich in hydrocarbons and other chemical compounds, as well as silicate dust, like much of the dust on Earth.Young stars, many of which are present in the bottom right of the outer ring, energise surrounding hydrocarbon dust, causing it to glow orange. On the other hand, the clearly defined dust between the core and the outer ring, which forms the “spokes” that inspire the galaxy’s name, is mostly silicate dust.The smaller spiral galaxy to the upper left of Cartwheel displays much of the same behaviour, showing a large amount of star formation. <a href="https://esawebb.org/about/instruments/miri/">MIRI</a> was contributed by ESA and NASA, with the instrument designed and built by a consortium of nationally funded European Institutes (the MIRI European Consortium) in partnership with JPL and the University of Arizona. |
Date | 2 August 2022 (upload date) |
Source | Cartwheel Galaxy (MIRI) |
Author | NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI |
Other versions |
|
Licensing
[edit]ESA/Webb images, videos and web texts are released by the ESA under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license and may on a non-exclusive basis be reproduced without fee provided they are clearly and visibly credited. Detailed conditions are below; see the ESA copyright statement for full information. For images created by NASA or on the webbtelescope.org website, use the {{PD-Webb}} tag.
Conditions:
Notes:
|
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Attribution: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 20:52, 14 November 2022 | 1,112 × 1,176 (1.94 MB) | OptimusPrimeBot (talk | contribs) | #Spacemedia - Upload of https://esawebb.org/media/archives/images/original/weic2211b.tif via Commons:Spacemedia |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 2 pages use this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Author | Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach |
---|---|
Width | 1,112 px |
Height | 1,176 px |
Bits per component |
|
Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Number of rows per strip | 78 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 23.3 (Macintosh) |
File change date and time | 18:00, 18 July 2022 |
Exif version | 2.31 |
Date and time of digitizing | 21:46, 22 June 2022 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |