NGC 6357
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| NGC 6357 | |
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 A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of Pismis 24-1, the "core" of NGC 6357. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA. |
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| Observation data: J2000 epoch | |
| Right ascension | 17h 24m[1] |
| Declination | −34° 20′[1] |
| Distance | ~ 8000[2] |
| Constellation | Scorpius[3] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Other designations | War and Peace Nebula,[1] Sharpless 11, RCW 131, Gum 66 |
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See also: Diffuse nebula, Lists of nebulae |
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NGC 6357, is a diffuse nebula near NGC 6334 in the constellation Scorpius. The nebula contains many proto-stars shielded by dark disks of gas, and young stars wrapped in expanding "cocoons".
This nebula was given the name War and Peace Nebula by the Midcourse Space Experiment scientists because of its appearance. They said that in infrared images the bright, western part resembles a dove, while the eastern part looks like a skull.[4]
Pismis 24 [edit]
This nebula includes the open cluster Pismis 24, which is home to several massive stars. One of the brightest stars in the cluster, Pismis 24-1, was thought possibly to be the most massive on record, approaching 300 solar masses, until it was discovered to be a binary system with each star exceeding 100 solar masses.[5]
| Star (Pismis 24-#) |
Spectral type | Magnitude (Mbol) |
Temperature[7] (K) |
Radius (R☉) |
Mass (M☉) |
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| 1NE | O3.5 If* | −10.0 | 42,000 | 17 | 74 |
| 1SW | O4 III | −9.8 | 41,500 | 16 | 66 |
| 2 | O5.5 V(f) | −8.9 | 40,000 | 12 | 43 |
| 3 | O8 V | −7.7 | 33,400 | 9 | 25 |
| 10 | O9 V | −7.2 | 31,500 | 8 | 20 |
| 12 | B1 V | −5.3 | 30,000 | 4 | 11 |
| 13 | O6.5 III((f)) | −8.6 | 35,600 | 12 | 35 |
| 15 | O8 V | −7.8 | 33,400 | 10 | 25 |
| 16 | O7.5 V | −9.0 | 34,000 | 16 | 38 |
| 17 | O3.5 III | −10.1 | 42,700 | 17 | 78 |
| 18 | B0.5 V | −6.4 | 30,000 | 6 | 15 |
| 19 | B0.5 V | −5.4 | 30,000 | 4 | 11 |
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for NGC 6357. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
- ^ Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell (21 November 2010). "A Massive Star in NGC 6357". Astronomy Picture of the Day.
- ^ R. W. Sinnott, editor (1988). The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer. Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-933-34651-4.
- ^ "2MASS Picture of the Week Archive Captions".
- ^ "ESA Science & Technology: Star on a Hubble diet NGC 6357". Retrieved 2007-04-11.
- ^ Fang, M.; Van Boekel, R.; King, R. R.; Henning, T.; Bouwman, J.; Doi, Y.; Okamoto, Y. K.; Roccatagliata, V. et al. (2012). "Star formation and disk properties in Pismis 24". Astronomy & Astrophysics 539: A119. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015914.
- ^ Martins, F.; Schaerer, D.; Hillier, D. J. (2005). "A new calibration of stellar parameters of Galactic O stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics 436 (3): 1049. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20042386.
External links [edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: NGC 6357 |
- A Massive Star in NGC 6357 with a close-up of Pismis 24.
- Star Forming Region NGC 6357 showing complex interactions between interstellar winds, radiation pressures and magnetic fields.
- NGC 6357: Massive Stars
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