Star formation in the Corona Australis

by: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Novapix
Reference: a-neb67-26002
Date: 2007-09-14

Star cluster in the Corona Australis seen in infrared by the Spitzer space telescope.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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