Webb image archive
Protoplanetary Disk XUE 1 (MIRI Emission Spectrum: 4.95–5.15 microns)
This graphic presents some of the first results from the eXtreme UV Environments (XUE) James Webb Space Telescope program. Astronomers focused on rocky-planet-forming regions of d...
- Date
- Dec 13, 2023
- Observatory
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Credit
- NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
- Archive ID
- 01HFPT98RKZYQKV2YP2S6HNDZ3
This graphic presents some of the first results from the eXtreme UV Environments (XUE) James Webb Space Telescope program. Astronomers focused on rocky-planet-forming regions of disks in the Lobster Nebula using Webb’s Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). This first result focuses on the protoplanetary disk termed XUE 1, which is located in the star cluster Pismis 24.
This graphic features the observed signatures of carbon monoxide spanning 4.95 to 5.15 microns.
Credits
Illustration
NASA, ESA, CSA, María Claudia Ramírez-Tannus (MPIA), Joseph Olmsted (STScI)