Scientists have used the huge eyes of the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile to capture two dynamic star forming regions in the Carina Sagittarius spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy.
The images were obtained through a 2.2 meter telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It shows the regions of our Milky Way which is believed to be the birth place of new stars. The two Giant clusters give a great opportunity for the novice astronomers to view this unusual celestial spectacle.
The captured pictures are dynamic regions of our Milky Way which is always changing. There is also a minor limb of our Galaxy which consists mainly of Gas and dust. The region is devoid of any stellar activity making the two star producing regions as standouts in our Galactic neighborhood.
The first star cluster on the left side has been christened NGC 3603 and is located some 20,000 light years from the Earth. It companion on the right has been denoted as NGC 3576 and is located much closer to Earth at a distance of 9,000 light years.
The NGC 3603 is a dynamic place and is filled with hundreds of young and gigantic stars. It is one of the richest open star clusters in the entire galaxy.
These stars were originally formed and remain hidden behind a veil of gas and dust. However with time the dust cleared away much of the dust and the gas left behind the glowing cloud which we see today around the young stars.
The NGC 3576 is seen as a horn shaped clouds of gas. These shapes have been carved out by powerful stellar winds which are swelling out from the young stars wrapped inside the colorful nebula. Above the nebula the two prominent black clouds known as “Bok globules” are ready for future star formation as well.
These two objects located deep in the space was first recorded by the British Astronomer John Herschel back in 1834 when he was visiting South Africa.