AFGL 5180 | Constellation of Gemini Wall Art Size:MEDIUM (16 x 16) Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3

Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 observed the pillar on 1-2 February 2010

The colors used in this image represent different wavelengths of infrared light

This week’s picture shows spectacular ribbons of gas and dust wrapping around the pearly centre of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1398

was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope

2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory that showed the nebula’s sculpted clouds

AFGL 5180 | Constellation of Gemini Wall Art Size:MEDIUM (16 x 16) Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3Nestled amongst the vast clouds of star forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own Solar System. This weeks NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features AFGL 5180, a beautiful stellar nursery located in the constellation of Gemini (The Twins). At the centre of the image, a massive star is forming and blasting cavities through the clouds with a pair of powerful jets, extending to the top right and