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Star formation in the Corona Australis

author: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Novapix

reference: a-neb67-26002

Image Size 300 DPI: 27 * 27 cm

Star cluster in the Corona Australis seen in infrared by the Spitzer space telescope.
The Corona Australis region (containing, at its heart, the Coronet cluster) is one of the nearest and most active regions of ongoing star formation. The Spitzer image shows young stars plus diffuse emission from dust.

Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ASTRONOMY - CORONA AUSTRALIS - HERBIG-HARO - INFRARED - NEBULA - NGC 6726 - NGC 6727 - R CORONAE AUSTRALIS - REFLECTION NEBULA - SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STAR FORMATION - T-TAURI - YOUNG STAR -