Cepheus A

Credit: 2MASS; Infrared Processing and Analysis Center; Caltech; University of Massachusettes · Download full size image

An image mosaic, covering 14.2´ × 14.2´ on the sky, of the star formation complex and young stellar outflow Cepheus A, at 725 pc (2400 light years) distant. The infrared bright core of the radio source Cepheus A, to the northwest in the mosaic, contains a number of highly obscured young, massive stars and molecular gas. A complex molecular outflow extends from the core. 1999 Mar 31-Apr 6 Posted on: 31 Mar, 2003

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