Radio image of Binary Stars in Dense Core (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Radio image of Binary Stars in Dense Core

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This is a radio image of a very young binary star system, less than about 1 million years old, that formed within a dense core (oval outline) in the Perseus molecular cloud. All stars likely form as binaries within dense cores.

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SCUBA-2 survey image by Sarah Sadavoy, CfA.

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