The above image is a composite, combining X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory which reveal the young pink stars, along with infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope in red. Optical data from the Digitised Sky Survey and the National Optical Astronomical Observatories’ Mayall four-metre telescope on Kitt Peak in Arizona (red, green and blue) has also been included.
The Chandra data revealed 95 young stars glowing in X-ray light, 41 of which had not been previously identified.
Originally published by Cosmos as Cosmic fireworks from a cluster of new stars
Katherine Kizilos
Katherine Kizilos is a staff writer at Cosmos.
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