A Triple Star System Forming (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

A Triple Star System Forming

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A triple star system forming within a dense gas filament in a numerical simulation modeling a group of forming stars. The color indicates the gas density, where lighter colors are higher densities. Rhe image is about 10,000 astronomical units across where the projected separations between the three objects is about 2,000 and 4,000 AU.

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UMass Amherst

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