Composite trichromatic image of the W43 cluster with the ESO VLT J, H and Ks bands in blue, green and red color, respectively. The positions of the W43 #1 and W43 #3 stars proposed binary components are indicated by arrows. White contours correspond to 6 cm radio emission as observed with the VLA in its extended B-configuration. Contours shown correspond to 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 25 and 30 times the rms noise of 0.76 mJy beam^-1. The VLA synthesized beam is plotted as an ellipse at the top right corner and corresponds to 163  ×  131, with position angle of 4245.