Infrared Coronet Cluster
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Allen (CfA) and the IRAC GTO team, Posted on: Thursday, 27 September 2007, 06:16 CDT Download full size image
While perhaps not quite as well known as its star formation cousin of Orion, the Corona Australis region (containing, at its heart, the Coronet cluster) is one of the nearest and most active regions of ongoing star formation. The Spitzer image shows young stars plus diffuse emission from dust.
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