NOIRLab noirlab2313: Radiant Protostars and Shadowy Clouds Clash in Stellar Nursery — NOIRLab image shows the vast, dark interstellar cloud Lupus 3 in contrast with dazzling infant stars in the reflection nebula Bernes 149. The massive, star-forming interstellar cloud Lupus 3 is captured with the 570-megapixel US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at NSF’s NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The dazzling central region of this sprawling cloud reveals a pair of …

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Radiant Protostars and Shadowy Clouds Clash in Stellar Nursery
18 May 2023 — NOIRLab Photo Release noirlab2313

The massive, star-forming interstellar cloud Lupus 3 is captured with the 570-megapixel US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at NSF’s NOIRLab’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The dazzling central region of this sprawling cloud reveals a pair of infant stars bursting from their natal cocoons of dust and gas to illuminate the reflection nebula known as Bernes 149. These contrasting regions make this object a prime target of research on star formation.

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18 May 2023

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