Galaxy Centaurus A Vertical Landscape newborn stars heat the surrounding

newborn stars heat the surrounding dust to produce the infrared glow

is an approximately true-color composite taken by the panchromatic Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI)

During that time

Part of the nebula is ionised by the youngest (bluest) heavy stars in Pismis 24

including the 2009 addition of a new imaging workhorse

Galaxy Centaurus A Vertical Landscape newborn stars heat the surroundingResembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A. Hubble's panchromatic vision, stretching from ultraviolet through near infrared wavelengths, reveals the vibrant glow of young, blue star clusters and a glimpse into regions normally obscured by the dust. The warped shape of Centaurus A's disk of gas and dust is evidence for a past collision and merger with another galaxy. The