Panning the Lupus 3 Dark Cloud and Young Stars
January 18, 2013
This video pan sequence gives a detailed view of a dark cloud where new stars are forming along with a cluster of brilliant stars that have already burst out of their dusty stellar nursery. This cloud is known as Lupus 3 and it lies about 600 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion). It is likely that the Sun formed in a similar star formation region more than four billion years ago. This picture was taken with the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile and is the best visible light image ever taken of this little-known object.
Credit: ESO/F. Comeron
Topics:
Space, European Southern Observatory, Astronomy, MPG/ESO telescope, Pismis 24-1, Lupus, Astrology, Large Magellanic Cloud, La Silla Observatory
