Star birth?

• by mattwski

  5 very distinct H-II regions? the most interesting i think is the "blackhead". very Bok Globule looking. Can anyone else shed light (no pun intended) or find a zoomable image>

  Posted December 18, 2013 2:59 AM

• by RLBeaton scientist

  Yes -- certainly a very busy area of the sky.

  Can you better describe the blackhead?
  Its common to find dense regions of gas that completely block the light from the newborn stars.

  Posted January 2, 2014 10:28 PM