New Images Reveal the Milky Way’s Stunning Galactic Plane in More Detail Than Ever Before The new radio portrait of the Milky Way is the most sensitive, widest-area map at these frequencies to date. The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across...

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Radio image of W4, a superbubble in the Milky Way galaxy, showing a chimney-like structure of hot gas venting from the galactic plane. The dark area extending upwards is the chimney, spanning 250 light-years, fueled possibly by supernovae or stellar winds from the young star cluster OCl 352 at its base. The image was produced by the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey (CGPS).

Astronomy Picture from 07/02/2000

The W4 Chimney

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Radio image of the W4 superbubble, a chimney-like structure venting hot gas from the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy. The image shows a vast cloud of ionized gas, with a young open star cluster (OCl 352) at its base, believed to be the source of the expanding gas. The dark area extending upwards represents the "chimney" itself, funneling the gas. This structure is located approximately 6500 light-years from Earth and spans 250 light-years.

Astronomy Picture from 07/02/2000

The W4 Chimney

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000207.html


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A composite image of NGC 6712, a globular star cluster in the constellation Scutum. This ancient cluster, approximately 23,000 light-years away, is slowly dissolving as its fainter stars are stripped away by the Milky Way's gravitational forces. The image showcases the dense concentration of millions of stars within the cluster.

Astronomy Picture from 25/02/1999

NGC 6712: Galactic Globular Cluster

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