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Massive stars are the most powerful lighting sources in our Galaxy. A new born massive star just reveling itself from molecular cloud. The hugh energy photons shined the nearby cloud so that it emits the red light. The solar wind from the star also clean out the dust. It looks like a blooming rose.

A Massive Star Formation W3OH

The three-color image of massive star formation region Sh 2-233IR. This image is made with broad band filter J (blue), H (green), and Ks (red). The remarkable molecular hydrogen jets are seen as bow-shaped shocks.

A Close Look of Star Formation Regions Sh 2-233IR

The wide field of view of WIRCam allows astronomers observing star formation efficiently. Three star formation regions are shown in this image. They are Sh 2-233, Sh 2-233IR and G173.58+2.45 (from right to left).

Star Formation Regions in WIRCam Field of View

The Orion nebula

Galaxy candidate at z~7.8 found by the TENIS team.

The WIRCam was completed and installed on the CFHT during 2005

Image of a Mag 8.1 star with AO off and on with FlyEyes.

The WIRCam

The MIT CCID-35 chip

The optical and infrared instrumentation program of IAA is initiated with the development of the Wide Field Infrared Camera (WIRCam), officially started in late 2001. The WIRCam is a collaboration between ASIAA and the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope team. The WIRCam is one of the largest working infrared cameras ever built in the world, and it has become one of the major instruments on the CFHT. The WIRCam was deployed on the CFHT in 2006. The large 20’ field of view is achieved by 4 adjoining 2048x2048 HgCdTe detector arrays. This wide field will make possible large-scale near-infrared imaging surveys to revolutionize the science of star formation, galactic structure and evolution, and the large scale structure in the Universe. We are continuing to collaborate on the next CFHT instrument, a spectropolarimeter called SPIROU, delivering the tip-tilt and viewing camera systems, as well as collaborating on the science camera.