Wolf-Rayet Apep Visualization — James Webb Space Telescope

Описание: This scientific visualization models what three of the four dust shells sent out by two Wolf-Rayet stars in the Apep system look like in 3D based on mid-infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Apep is made up of two Wolf-Rayet binary stars that are orbiting together with a third supergiant star. For 25 years during every 190-year orbit, the Wolf-Rayet stars’ winds collide, producing and sending out new waves of amorphous carbon dust. The width of the widest bubble is at least 4.6 light-years across.

Credit:
Video: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Simulation: Yinuo Han (CALTECH), Ryan White (Macquarie University)
Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
Visualization: Christian Nieves (STScI)

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