Stellar Nursery (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Stellar Nursery

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Where stars are born: The first LUCIFER observations of star-forming regions are giving scientists an idea of the new instrument's enormous potential. This image depicts a stellar nursery in the Milky Way about 8,000 light years from Earth. Such clouds are typically opaque to visible light. However, infrared light detected by LUCIFER can penetrate the dust.

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(Photo by Arjan Bik)

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