Astronomy Picture of the Day ·

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud

The Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 17, 2019 is “Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud,” an image. It is credited to Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , WISE. The original explanation runs about 205 words.

Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
Credit: Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , WISE Shown from science.nasa.gov. Not hosted by OpenOrbit.

From the explanation

“How do stars form? To help find out, astronomers created this tantalizing false-color composition of dust clouds and embedded newborn stars in infrared wavelengths with WISE, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer .”

— APOD editors, November 17, 2019

Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov

At a glance

Date
November 17, 2019
Type
Image
Credit
Credit: Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , WISE
Copyright
No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
Explanation length
About 205 words

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