1/ 🆕 The Southern Ring Nebula comes into new view, as we combine near- and mid-infrared light from three filters from the Near-Infrared Camera #NIRCam and Mid-Infrared Instrument #MIRI on Webb. Read on 🧵👇 
2/ In this image, Webb’s image of the Southern Ring Nebula highlights the very hot gas that surrounds the central stars. This hot gas is banded by a sharp ring of cooler gas, which appears in both images.
3/ In this image, Webb traces the star’s scattered outflows that have reached farther into the cosmos. Most of the molecular gas that lies outside the band of cooler gas is also cold. It is also far clumpier. Read about these images here: esawebb.org/images/souther…
4/ Have a look at this image too & examine the straight, brightly-lit lines that pierce through the rings of gas and dust around the edges of nebula. These “spokes” appear to emanate from one or both of the central stars, marking where light streams through holes in the nebula.
5/ The holes are evidence of where the dimmer star that created this scene shot out material, creating open pathways for light to flow through.
6/ Some of the star’s ejections followed thin, straight lines (second box) through the gas and dust. Other ejections (first box) look bent, curvy, and thicker. Why? Find out here: esawebb.org/images/souther…
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