NGC 6357
| Emission nebula | |
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| NGC 6357
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| Image of the emission nebula as part of the Digitized Sky Survey | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Scorpio |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 24 m 43.6 s |
| declination | -34 ° 12 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Angular expansion | 25.0 ' |
| Ionizing source | |
| Physical data
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| distance | 8000 ly |
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history
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| discovery | John Herschel |
| Date of discovery | June 8, 1837 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6357 • ESO 392-SC10 • CED 142 • Sh2-11 • h 3682 • GC 4297 | |
NGC 6357 is an emission nebula in the constellation Scorpio , which is 8,000 light years from the solar system. It is a star formation region near the center of the Milky Way and contains a multitude of hot, young stars as well as gas and dust clouds that are made to glow under the influence of ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds . Because of its appearance, this object is also called the Lobster Nebula .
Inside NGC 6357 is the open star cluster Pismis 24 .
The object was observed from South Africa on June 8, 1837 by the English astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Emission Nebula NGC 6357
- GoBlack
- heise.de
- Astronomie.de
- Antilhue - Chile
- Capella Observatory
- ESO: The VLT takes a close look at NGC 6357 (+ photos, map & animation) June 20, 2012
- astronews.com: Deep look into the star-forming region NGC 6357 June 20, 2012
- astronews.com: New infrared view of NGC 6357 February 20, 2013
- astronews.com: Picture of the day August 30, 2013
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1] [2]
- Labeled environmental recording