Unprecedented high-resolution map of the Orion Nebula Cluster (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Unprecedented high-resolution map of the Orion Nebula Cluster

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Unprecedented high-resolution map of the Orion Nebula Cluster showing newborn stars (orange squares), gravitationally collapsing gas cores (red circles), and non-collapsing gas cores (blue crosses).

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Takemura et al.

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