{"id":285431,"date":"2025-09-17T02:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=d71f76a029734bc6f77da4c8c7a49952"},"modified":"2025-09-17T02:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:40:15","slug":"an-eye-catching-star-cluster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=285431","title":{"rendered":"An Eye-catching Star Cluster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical: NASA\/ESA\/STScI; IR: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI; Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/L. Frattare<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Westerlund 1, the biggest and closest \u201csuper\u201d star cluster to Earth, dazzles in this image released on July 23, 2025. This view combines x-ray data from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory<\/a> (in pink, blue, purple, and orange), infrared data from NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (in yellow, gold, and blue), and optical data from NASA\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope (in cyan, grey, and light yellow).<\/p>\n

Data from Chandra and other telescopes is helping astronomers delve deeper into this galactic factory where stars are vigorously being produced. Observations from Chandra have uncovered thousands of individual stars pumping out X-ray emission into the cluster.<\/p>\n

This image is part of a compilation of images featuring data from Chandra<\/a> along with a host of other telescopes.<\/p>\n

Image credit: X-ray: NASA\/CXC\/SAO; Optical: NASA\/ESA\/STScI; IR: NASA\/ESA\/CSA\/STScI; Processing: NASA\/CXC\/SAO\/L. Frattare<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Westerlund 1, the biggest and closest \u201csuper\u201d star cluster to Earth, dazzles in this image released on July 23, 2025. This view combines x-ray data from NASA\u2019s Chandra X-ray Observatory (in pink, blue, purple, and orange), infrared data from NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope (in yellow, gold, and blue), and optical data from NASA\u2019s Hubble [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15670,15776],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chandra-x-ray-observatory","category-star-clusters"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t