Early Protostar
by Nasa/esa/hubble Heritage Team/stsci/aura/science Photo Library
Title
Early Protostar
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Nasa/esa/hubble Heritage Team/stsci/aura/science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Composite image from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Isaac Newton Telescope showing a caterpillar-like protostar (IRAS 20324+4057) at an early stage in its formation. The object lies 4500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. This massive trailing cloud of gas is in the process of collapsing under its own gravity to form a star. However, powerful stellar radiation from numerous hot bright stars to the right of the image (known as the Cygnus OB2 association) is eroding the gas cloud, blasting it into its distinctive shape.
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October 7th, 2018
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