Zoom ALMA Star Cluster (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Zoom ALMA Star Cluster

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This is an ALMA image of dense cores of molecular gas in the Antennae galaxies. The round yellow object near the center may be the first prenatal example of a globular cluster ever identified. It is surrounded by a giant molecular cloud.

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K. Johnson, U.Va.; ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ)

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