Transition Video: Webb and Hubble's views of Westerlund 2
The images in this video showcase the star cluster known as Westerlund 2, which resides in a stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Carina. The cluster measures between 6 light-years and 13 light-years across, and is host to some of our Milky Way galaxy's hottest, brightest, and most massive stars.
This image on the left uses data from Webb’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI). The image on the right showcases a portion of the Hubble image of this same region, which was featured as Hubble’s 25th anniversary image in 2015.
Credit:ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, V. Almendros-Abad, M. Guarcello, K. Monsch, the EWOCS team, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), Westerlund 2 Science Team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Music: Stellardrone - The Night Sky in Motion
About the Video
| Id: | potm2512b | |
|---|---|---|
| Release date: | 19 December 2025, 10:00 | |
| Duration: | 30 s | |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps | |
