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The star cluster NGC 6604 and its surroundings
2012-04-25
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- Photograph
- Museum
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- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1218a/
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- CC BY 4.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work
The star cluster NGC 6604 and its surroundings
The star cluster NGC 6604 is shown in this image taken by the Wide Field Imager attached to the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. NGC 6604 is the bright grouping towards to the upper left of the image. It is a young star cluster that is the densest part of a more widely scattered association containing about one hundred brilliant blue-white stars. The picture also shows the cluster’s associated nebula — a cloud of glowing hydrogen gas that is called Sh2-54 — as well as dust clouds.
Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Ultraviolet U 360 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI Optical B 450 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI Optical V 540 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI Optical Rc 652 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI Optical H-alpha 656 nm MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI
A Cluster Within a Cluster
The star cluster NGC 6604 is shown in this new image taken by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. It is often overlooked in favour of its more prominent neighbour, the Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier 16), that lies a mere…
