Hubble Space Observatory took an amazing photo Central region open cluster NGC 6530, which looks like a wall of swirling smoke. In such clouds of molecular interstellar gas and dust, stars and the planets around them are born. But these are still not balls flying in their orbits, but protoplanetary disks made of gas, dust and stones, and they are called proplyd.
Proplids or protoplanetary disks – these embryonic planets – are found quite rarely. The vast majority of proplids have only been found in one region, the nearby Orion Nebula. Findings in other environments and astronomical conditions are needed for a more complete understanding of the origin and evolution of proplids. The NGC 6530 open cluster region is one such alternate reality where there may be many protoplanetary disks around young stars.
Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 of the Hubble Telescope allows it takes pictures in a wide range of light waves and captures the infrared range – the best that can be done for searching for hot gaseous disks around the embryos of planets. There is no doubt that the James Webb telescope, which has more sensitive infrared cameras on board, will follow Hubble along this path.
Hubble’s observations will be complemented and augmented by Webb’s observations. It won’t be long before Webb is sure to provide images of the most interesting regions of the NGC 6530 open cluster in even more impressive detail. In addition, he will be able to look deeper into these clouds of “cosmic smoke” and see particularly interesting details.
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