{"id":394,"date":"2022-07-12T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/?p=394"},"modified":"2022-07-29T17:13:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T17:13:15","slug":"nasas-webb-captures-dying-stars-final-performance-in-fine-detail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/12\/nasas-webb-captures-dying-stars-final-performance-in-fine-detail\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Webb Captures Dying Star\u2019s Final \u2018Performance\u2019 in Fine Detail"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/main_image_stellar_death_s_ring_miri_nircam_sidebyside-5mb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1041\" height=\"483\" class=\"size-full wp-image-395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/main_image_stellar_death_s_ring_miri_nircam_sidebyside-5mb.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/main_image_stellar_death_s_ring_miri_nircam_sidebyside-5mb-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/main_image_stellar_death_s_ring_miri_nircam_sidebyside-5mb-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/main_image_stellar_death_s_ring_miri_nircam_sidebyside-5mb-768x356.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><br \/>\nImage credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI<\/p>\n<p>The dimmer star at the center of this scene has been sending out rings of gas and dust for thousands of years in all directions, and NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed for the first time that this star is cloaked in dust.<\/p>\n<p>Two cameras aboard Webb captured the latest image of this planetary nebula, cataloged as NGC 3132, and known informally as the Southern Ring Nebula. It is approximately 2,500 light-years away.<\/p>\n<p>Webb will allow astronomers to dig into many more specifics about planetary nebulae like this one \u2013 clouds of gas and dust expelled by dying stars. Understanding which molecules are present, and where they lie throughout the shells of gas and dust will help researchers refine their knowledge of these objects.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Garner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-feature\/goddard\/2022\/nasa-s-webb-captures-dying-star-s-final-performance-in-fine-detail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickheretoreadmorebutton.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1723\" height=\"464\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickheretoreadmorebutton.png 1723w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickheretoreadmorebutton-300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickheretoreadmorebutton-1024x276.png 1024w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickheretoreadmorebutton-768x207.png 768w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickheretoreadmorebutton-1536x414.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1723px) 100vw, 1723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI The dimmer star at the center of this scene has been sending out rings of gas and dust&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[15,13,17,12,11,14],"class_list":{"0":"post-394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-jupiter","9":"tag-mars","10":"tag-moon","11":"tag-nasa","12":"tag-space","13":"tag-venus"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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This scene was created by a white dwarf star \u2013 the remains of a star like our Sun after it shed its outer layers and stopped burning fuel though nuclear fusion. Those outer layers now form the ejected shells all along this view. In the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image, the white dwarf appears to the lower left of the bright, central star, partially hidden by a diffraction spike. The same star appears \u2013 but brighter, larger, and redder \u2013 in the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) image. This white dwarf star is cloaked in thick layers of dust, which make it appear larger. The brighter star in both images hasn\u2019t yet shed its layers. It closely orbits the dimmer white dwarf, helping to distribute what it\u2019s ejected. Over thousands of years and before it became a white dwarf, the star periodically ejected mass \u2013 the visible shells of material. As if on repeat, it contracted, heated up \u2013 and then, unable to push out more material, pulsated. Stellar material was sent in all directions \u2013 like a rotating sprinkler \u2013 and provided the ingredients for this asymmetrical landscape. Today, the white dwarf is heating up the gas in the inner regions \u2013 which appear blue at left and red at right. Both stars are lighting up the outer regions, shown in orange and blue, respectively. The images look very different because NIRCam and MIRI collect different wavelengths of light. NIRCam observes near-infrared light, which is closer to the visible wavelengths our eyes detect. MIRI goes farther into the infrared, picking up mid-infrared wavelengths. The second star more clearly appears in the MIRI image, because this instrument can see the gleaming dust around it, bringing it more clearly into view. 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