Webb image archive
Protoplanetary Disks in NGC 346 (NIRCam Compass Image)
Caption This image of the star cluster NGC 346, captured by Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), shows compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference. The north and east c...
- Date
- Dec 16, 2024
- Observatory
- James Webb Space Telescope
- Credit
- NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI
- Archive ID
- 01JC43M5Z7AVFPSEQFH21Z7GDZ
Caption
This image of the star cluster NGC 346, captured by Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), shows compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference.
The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky. Note that the relationship between north and east on the sky (as seen from below) is flipped relative to direction arrows on a map of the ground (as seen from above).
At the lower right is a scale bar labeled 50 light-years, 15 parsecs. The length of the scale bar is approximately one-fifth the total width of the image. Below the image is a color key showing which NIRCam filters were used to create the image and which visible-light color is assigned to each filter. From left to right, NIRCam filters are: F200W is blue; F277W is green; F335M is orange; and F444W is red.
Credits
Image
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Olivia C. Jones (UK ATC), Guido De Marchi (ESTEC), Margaret Meixner (USRA)