Red Spider Nebula glows in ethereal new JWST image
Laura Baisas
created: Oct. 28, 2025, 7:40 p.m. | updated: Nov. 7, 2025, 8:25 p.m.
The telescope’s sophisticated Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) revealed some never-before-seen details of NGC 6537, aka the Red Spider Nebula.
The Red Spider Nebula is roughly 3,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.
The JWST has also spotted a shroud of hot dust surrounding the central star, which likely orbits the central star in a disc structure.
This new view of the Red Spider Nebula reveals the full extent of its outstretched lobes for the first time.
The observations used to create this image come from Webb GO programme #4571 (PI: J. Kastner) as part of a joint Chandra-JWST observing program.
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